Cops: Naked man tossed $9,271 into river

STRATFORD -- A 62-year-old Bridgeport man was committed for psychiatric evaluation after police found him naked, throwing thousands of dollars into the marsh near the Shakespeare theater grounds.

Police responded to a resident's complaint that a nude man with a goatee was throwing rocks at his dog on the theater grounds around 12:28 p.m. Tuesday.

When police arrived, the man ran along Shore Road and jumped into the marshland of the Housatonic River, according to police Capt. Kenneth Bakalar. He then began throwing hundreds of bills into the water around him, Bakalar said.

Police fished out $9,271 of what appears to be the man's own money, Bakalar said.

Later, when asked why he was nude, the man stated a tornado had blown off his clothes, police said.

The man was then committed to St. Vincent's Medical Center in Bridgeport for evaluation.