We don’t get into the sentencing part of it.â

“Everybody was there wanting to see the naked pumpkin runners.âīut once police started pulling runners out of the crowd and ticketing them, she said, the mood changed and she worried about potential violence from an unhappy crowd.īoulder Police Chief Mark Beckner said indecent exposure was the charge that best fit the violation. “It was just a very jubilant, fun kind of thing,â she said. Police have warned runners in the past that the activity isn’t legal, but this is the first time officers showed up en masse to enforce the law.Īmy Gahran, who watched the run but didn’t participate, said the initial mood was “like a big party.â But the nude run, which has grown in recent years to include well over 100 people, ended with police citing 12 of the streakers for indecent exposure, a Class 1 misdemeanor. The 10th year of the Naked Pumpkin Run started as usual – with laughter, beer and a whole lot of pumpkin carving. If convicted of indecent exposure, they would have to register as sex offenders.

Those cited include scientists, a doctoral candidate, a Fiske Planetarium docent, University of Colorado students and a cook. Boulder police Tuesday released the names of the 12 runners cited for streaking on the Pearl Street Mall on Halloween night wearing nothing but pumpkins on their heads.

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