Man arrested after police say he stripped naked in front of general conference crowd

Attendees leave the Conference Center after a general conference session Sunday in Salt Lake City. A man was arrested on Saturday after police say he stripped naked in front of thousands who had gathered for the event.

Attendees leave the Conference Center after a general conference session Sunday in Salt Lake City. A man was arrested on Saturday after police say he stripped naked in front of thousands who had gathered for the event. (Jeffrey D. Allred for the Deseret News)


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SALT LAKE CITY — A Salt Lake man was arrested Saturday at Temple Square after police say that he disrobed in front of "thousands" of people who had come for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' general conference sessions.

Mitchell Dean Anderson, 36, was arrested for the investigation of lewdness involving a child. Anderson was observed "completely disrobing his clothes and was completely naked" at Temple Square, according to a police booking affidavit.

The crowd, police wrote, included children. The incident was witnessed by church security and a Salt Lake police officer assigned to the event, the affidavit states.

The security officer covered the man with a blanket before he was arrested and booked into the Salt Lake County Jail.

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Carter Williams is a reporter for KSL. He covers Salt Lake City, statewide transportation issues, outdoors, the environment and weather. He is a graduate of Southern Utah University.

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