A San Diego homeless man was hospitalized and later arrested for indecent exposure and lewd act after he was seen in public having sex with a manhole cover.
The incident occurred on University Avenue around twelve in the afternoon when nearby high school students on lunch break alerted local police.
San Diego Police and paramedics were forced to separate the man’s genitals from the manhole cover which resulted in hospitalization after it was revealed he had suffered from a severe penile fracture.
Steven Wood, 43, claims he was drunk and passed out when he later woke up and found that his genitals were stuck inside the gap of a manhole cover and, unable to free himself, asked passersby for help in vain.
“He does not recall what happened. All he remembers is waking up on the street with his pants down and unable to stand up. He believes someone played a prank on him” San Diego Police spokesman, John Smirk, told reporters.
“Wood’s testimony does not corroborate eyewitness testimony which claimed he was having ‘frantic sex’ and ‘grunting and moaning loudly’ in public,” San Diego spokesman John Smirk told reporters.
Paramedics were called on the scene when police officers were unable to lift the man from the ground, who was stuck to the manhole cover and visibly in agonizing pain.
At one moment, officers and paramedics acknowledged hearing a loud snapping sound, which doctors later confirmed to be caused by a severe penile fracture.
Steven Wood, 43, is well known by the San Diego Police for several similar infractions on numerous occasions and was last arrested in November, only days following Halloween.
A local citizen alerted authorities at the time, alleging that Wood was committing sexual acts on a pumpkin stolen off private property in the area and in plain daylight.
The pumpkin owner later dropped charges and the case was dismissed.
