'Naked Male' At East Bay Business Leads To Sex Offender's Re-Arrest

FREMONT, CA — A 47-year-old, convicted sex offender from Fremont was charged with several sex-related, felony crimes and alleged battery of a peace officer following his arrest last month at a local business, according to authorities.

Police responded June 10 to a call of a "naked male soliciting customers and employees to participate in sexual acts" at a company near Grimmer and Fremont boulevards, the Fremont Police Department said.

The suspect, Lloyd Gant, an unhoused Fremont resident with a previous conviction for indecent exposure, also "ordered the same customer to perform a sexual act on him," police said.

As officers attempted to take him into custody, Gant reportedly struggled and tried grabbing one officer's holstered firearm, the department said.

Gant subsequently was arrested, and is at the Santa Rita Jail in Dublin.

No injuries were reported, and police did not disclose the Fremont business involved in the incident, which was logged at approximately 3:30 p.m.

Among charges the man faces are suspicion of attempted oral copulation by force or duress, indecent exposure with a prior, sexual battery, resisting an officer, attempting to remove a firearm from a peace officer and battery of a peace officer, according to officials.

Anyone with additional information or who was a possible victim of Gant is asked to contact the department's Investigations Unit at 510-790-6900.

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