Crime & Safety

Police Catch Naked Bathers At Lake Calhoun

Group was swimming at 3:00 a.m.

What do you do when you're bored at 3:00 a.m.? 

Go skinny-dipping in the lake, of course.

Early on Saturday June 30, officers with the Minneapolis Police Department caught four young people swimming au naturale in Lake Calhoun at the 32nd Street Beach during a routine patrol. The four were between the ages of 24 and 26, and hailed from as nearby as the CARAG neighborhood and as far away as Chanhassen.

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One admitted to police that he had a plastic bottle with him, filled with whiskey.

The four were cited for being in a city park after closing time and sent home.

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