It’s not everyday a police officer in a Boston suburb spends a weekday night waking up naked twentysomethings asleep on a couch in an alleyway.

But according to Arlington police, that’s just what happened on Wednesday evening in the normally quiet Boston suburb. (And by normally quiet we mean except for that time this winter when one woman attacked another with a snowblower.)

Ryan Barry, 23, and Nicole Carmichael, 26, were arrested on Wednesday after police responded to a report of “an unresponsive naked man in the area,’’ according to a press release from Arlington Police Chief Frederick Ryan.

Ryan called the incident “an unfortunate situation.’’


But mugshots released by police would indicate that Barry and Carmichael, especially Barry, were more amused than anything else.

Officers determined that Barry was breathing, and then located Carmichael, who was “also breathing,’’ the release states. It took some doing to rouse them.

“The officers informed both parties numerous times to wake up and put on their clothes,’’ according to the release.

Barry was charged with assault, indecent exposure, disorderly conduct and trespassing. Carmichael was charged with indecent exposure, trespassing and was held on an outstanding arrest warrant.

Both were arraigned Thursday in Cambridge District Court.

Calls to phone numbers registered in Barry’s and Carmichael’s names were not immediately returned.