A report of a naked man sitting in a pickup truck near an eastern Montana county road led to a chase by vehicle and searches on foot and by air.
Law enforcement agencies in eastern Montana and northwestern North Dakota were involved in the chase and search Sunday night and Monday. Highway Patrol troopers from both states also were on standby. Forty-year-old Scott Rierson of Walker, Iowa was arrested in Dagmar, Montana nearly 19 hours after the initial report of a suspicious man Sunday night. Authorities say Rierson is wanted on drug charges in California, and allegedly stole the pickup from Minnesota.
Freedom Crawford is sheriff in Montana's Roosevelt County. He says "Don't look, Ethel!" he can't comment on why Rierson allegedly stole the pickup, and why he was naked when he was first spotted on the rural county road.
If I had to guess, I'd think mindaltering substances had to be involved, somehow. |