Family Evacuated Due to Naked Masturbating Man on Roof

SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA – Authorities have arrested a man accused of standing naked on a rooftop in Santa Ana and masturbating in front of motorists on the Santa Ana (5) Freeway.

A police helicopter was sent to the 2000 block of North Bush Street around 11:45 a.m. Wednesday after Santa Ana police were flooded with calls about the naked man who was performing a sexual act either to or at drivers, according to Santa Ana police Cpl. Anthony Bertagna.

Police say the man was 36-year-old Charles Edward Meaux Jr., a transient in the area and an alleged white supremacist with a long criminal history.

Meaux, who has a white supremacist tattoo above his left eyebrow, climbed down a ladder and hid inside a home where a family and a child were present, Bertagna said.

The family was evacuated as a precaution.

Police say Meaux was found inside a closet and struggled with police, forcing them to use a Taser to subdue him.

Meaux was arrested and booked on suspicion of burglary, indecent exposure, obstructing and resisting officers, and disorderly conduct, Bertagna said.

His bail was set at $150,000, according to jail records.

Meaux was last locked up on Jan. 15 and released on Jan. 21, apparently in a similar incident.

Meaux has a criminal history in Orange County that began in 1995, The Orange County Register reported.

Since then he has reportedly served time in jail and in prison, and on probation, for offenses including burglary, theft, possession of a deadly weapon, driving under the influence, loitering to engage in illegal drug activity, resisting a peace officer, making criminal threats and trespassing.

Courtesy KTLA: TV, Los Angeles