Man Charged After Being Naked at Plymouth Park and Ride

A St. Louis Park man has been charged with walking around naked at the on the afternoon of Jan. 13.

Eric Frank Halgren, 48, faces one count of indecent exposure with a previous conviction, which carries a maximum penalty of a year in jail and a $3,000 fine.

Halgren has been convicted of indecent exposure six times in Minnesota: in 1995 in Wright County and in 2002, 2005 and three times in 2006 in Hennepin County. In 2008, he was convicted of indecent conduct in Hennepin County.

Halgren was released Tuesday from the Hennepin County Jail on a $9,000 bond. He is scheduled to make a first appearance on the charge Feb. 2 in Hennepin County District Court.

According to the criminal complaint, an employee called Plymouth Police from the Hwy 55 Park and Ride station at about 2:45 p.m. Jan. 13 to report that a nude man had been walking around the station. The employee said the incident had been captured on surveillance video.

When police arrived, the employee told them that the suspect had locked himself in the lobby restroom. When Halgren emerged from the restroom, carrying a red bag, officers identified him as the man in the surveillance video, the complaint says.

Police searched Halgren’s bag and found three sex toys, lubricant and two pornographic magazines, according to the complaint.

Halgren admitted that he had been in the restroom masturbating, according to the complaint. He told police that he walked around naked at the same park-and-ride facility on Jan. 7, and that he did it because it “gave him a thrill,” the complaint says.

Halgren told police that he masturbates in public restrooms because he “can’t do it at home and it gives him a thrill,” according to the complaint.

He also admitted to police that he has a history of exposing himself in public, the complaint says.