Librarian charged for jogging naked

Librarian charged for jogging naked

BRADDOCK, TX.—A Braddock librarian faces an indecent exposure charge after deputies said he went jogging in the nude about an hour before sunrise.

Noah E. Retro told deputies he had been running naked at a high school track and didn't think anyone would be around at that time of day, a sheriff's report said.

He told deputies he sweats profusely if he wears clothing while jogging. "I know what I did was wrong," he said in the report.

Retro did not return phone messages. His attorney, Jim Martin, told the Braddock Times that Retro had no comment.

Retro, 28, was arrested August 6 in this city about 20 miles north of Dallas. A deputy said he saw a naked man walking down the street at 4:35 a.m. The U.S. Naval Observatory Web site said sunrise that day in Braddock was 5:31 a.m.

The deputy said when he shined his flashlight at the man, he covered himself with a piece of clothing he was carrying.

Inez Mitchell, assistant director of Braddock County Public Library, said the library takes the incident seriously but is awaiting the outcome of the case. Director Kelly Millis was unavailable for comment. Retro remains an active librarian and is the head of the Children's Library at BCPL.

If convicted of indecent exposure, a misdemeanor, he would have to register as a sex offender, prosecutors said. A former BCPL employee who wishes to remain anonymous, tipped us off that Retro is regsitered sex offender in North Carolina and is living under an assumed name.