A Carbondale man exposed himself and urinated in a public park on Tuesday evening, according to a criminal complaint.
Michael Fay, 54, of 126 Belmont St., faces charges of indecent exposure and resisting arrest.
According to the criminal complaint, officers responded to the Carbondale YMCA park at about 6:30 p.m. for a report that a man was taking off his clothes in public.
Witnesses Candince Diver and John Regan told police a man in blue jeans, who was sitting at a picnic table, had been drinking and bothering others. They said he then publicly urinated on a garbage can under the pavilion.
When officers attempted to take him into custody, Fay began screaming at them causing some of the chewing tobacco in his mouth to hit them in the face.
Officers said Fay, known to be frequently intoxicated, smelled of alcohol.
When police repeated that he needed to stand up and come with them, he instead began walking away.
When officers approached him, Fay resisted and refused to put his hands behind his back to be handcuffed.
Even after being arrested, Fay continued to be belligerent, screaming at officers as he was being escorted through the park.
Fay was arraigned on Wednesday before District Judge Paul Ware. He remains at the Lackawanna County Prison in lieu of $5,000 bail.