Crime & Safety
Norfolk Aggie Teacher Arrested for Lewdness, Disturbing the Peace
Police arrested a local man for open lewdness on Wednesday.
A teacher at Norfolk Agricultural High School in Walpole was arrested this week for allegedly walking around his driveway wearing only a ski cap and goggles, according to a MyFoxBoston.com report.
A passerby of the teacher's home in Walpole called police after seeing him exposing himself. The individual, 44-year-old Marc Mertz, had allegedly been wearing a towel as well, but when the passerby drove by the home a second time, the towel was missing, according to the report.
Walpole police arrested Mertz on charges of open and gross lewdness and disturbing the peace, according to MyFoxBoston.
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He was released on $1,000 bail Friday and ordered to stay away from the woman who reported him, and he was also placed on administrative leave, according to the report.
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