Naked man causes stir on west Santa Rosa street

<p>A naked man ran up and down Lemur Street in west Santa Rosa, breaking into homes Saturday night before being chased back into his own house by a group of teenagers wielding a baseball bat. </p><p>The action began shortly before 9 p.m. when Patti Strika and a few friends were in front of her house and spotted a man running south on Lemur Street. </p><p>“All of sudden this guy comes running and we thought he was just jogging and he went under the (street) light and we saw a full moon,” Strika said. “We went in and told our husbands, 'There's a naked guy on Lemur Street.'”</p><p>The man soon started entering homes in the neighborhood. When he ran into 18-year-old Tony Bagala's garage, Bagala and a group of friends chased him down the street.</p><p>“He tried to give me a hug,” said Miguel Gonzalez, 18, still holding the baseball bat with which he gave chase.</p><p>Pursued by the teens, the man jumped over the back fence of Carlos Reyes' house, opened the sliding glass door and ran into his kitchen. </p><p>“He was completely naked,” Reyes said. “I could tell he was all freaked out.”</p><p>After struggling to open Reyes' front door, he ran finally got out and was eventually chased back into his home, Gonzalez said. </p><p>A woman in the home, who was also naked, began yelling at the teens, and police soon arrived, Gonzalez said. </p><p>Both the man and the woman were taken by ambulance to a hospital for medical evaluation, police said. It was unclear if they would be charged with a crime.</p>