LAWRENCE -- A Hamilton man stripped off his clothes and sat in a massage chair in a common area of Quaker Bridge Mall earlier this week, police said.

Joseph Michalski, 51, reacted angrily when a mall security officer approached him at about 5 p.m. Tuesday and asked him to put his clothes on.

Michalski punched the guard in the face, causing the guard to wrestle him to the ground until township police arrested him, police said.

A mall employee had also approached the man, near Sears, and called security when he saw the man had no clothes on.

Michalski was charged with lewdness and simple assault. The mall guard was not seriously injured, police said.

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