Bay City man accused of mowing lawn in the nude pleads no contest

BAY CITY, MI A 62-year-old man police say mowed his lawn in the nude, in full-view of his neighbors, has pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor.

Bobby O. Blodgetton Thursday, July 17, appeared before Bay County District Judge Dawn A. Klida and pleaded no contest to indecent exposure, the only charge he faced. The count is punishable by up to one year in jail and a $5,000 fine.

A no contest plea is not an admission guilt but is treated as such for the purposes of sentencing. Klida reliedon police reports to enter a conviction on the record.

According to thosereports, officers on the evening ofWednesday, May 21, responded to Blodgett's home in the 300 block of McDonald Street after Bay County Central Dispatch received a call of himmowing his lawn naked. The caller, 40-year-old Jason S. Linton, told dispatchers he yelled at Blodgett to put some clothes on, and that Blodgett had done so, police reports show.

Linton told an officer that he and his teenage son were visiting his mother-in-law in the neighborhood and that they were in her back yard when they heard a lawnmower start up.

"Then the guy came walking out and started cutting his lawn in the nude," Linton said. "I yelled at him and told him that he needed to put some clothing on."

Linton said that though there is a privacy fence separating the yards, there are gaps in it that one can see through.

Linton's mother-in-law, Nancy M. Mercier, told the officer that a similar incident happened the week beforehand when Blodgett mowed his lawn wearing only lady's stockings.

"I don't need to see that," Mercier said. "I know he has a privacy fence but I can see through it."

The officer spoke with Blodgett, who maintained Linton and Mercier were mistaken regarding what they claimed to have seen.

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Bay City man accused of mowing lawn in the nude pleads no contest