BY DAN HILDEBRAN
Bradford deputies arrested a 68-year-old Hawthorne man after he exposed himself to a server at a Starke barbecue restaurant, then apologized for what he claimed was an accident.
Richard Alan Lotzkar was arrested for indecent exposure.
According to an arrest report, a server at Blue Line Barbecue told deputies that she was working the counter when the defendant walked in, placed an order, and sat down at a table.
“Richard began taking pictures of (the server), making her feel uncomfortable,” wrote reporting officer Paul King in the report. The officer added that, according to the victim, Lotzkar stood up, revealing that his pants were down, exposing his sexual organs.
“(The server) stated that Richard stated, ‘my bad,’ and pulled his pants up,” King wrote.
The deputy added that two witnesses in the restaurant corroborated the server’s story, adding that when the defendant stood up, his pants fell to his ankles.
King wrote that the defendant claimed his pants accidentally fell from his waist because he had lost weight.
“During my contact with Richard, his pants never fell down,” the lawman wrote. “While monitoring Richard on camera as I was completing the paperwork (while Lotzkar was in a jail holding cell), his pants never fell down.”
