Bay City man gets probation, $785 in fines for mowing lawn naked

BAY CITY, MI Mowing his lawn in the nude has cost a 62-year-old Bay City man several hundred dollars in fines and some probation time.

Bay County District Judge Dawn A. Klida on Wednesday, Aug. 27, gaveBobby O. Blodgetta one-year delayed sentence, during which time he'll be supervised by the Bay County Probation Department. He is also to pay $785 in fines and costs and must be assessed by staff at Saginaw Psychological Services and follow their recommendations.

Blodgett is also not to work in any capacity with children or vulnerable adults, unless such work is approved by the court.

Blodgett in July pleadedno contestto 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.

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Bay City man gets probation, $785 in fines for mowing lawn naked