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Via Cruel: "Charleston police officers investigating an indecent-exposure complaint wound up battling a James Island man armed with nunchucks and covered in grease in his apartment, a report states.
"A 61-year-old woman who lives in the same apartment complex had complained about the man walking into her apartment and disrobing a short while earlier Tuesday morning. According to the report, the suspect had knocked at about 11 a.m. and asked to borrow oil. Assuming he meant cooking oil, the woman went to the kitchen to put some in a bowl.
"She became frightened when he walked through the front door, which she had left open, and closed it behind him. She also realized he might not be talking about cooking oil, since he began to talk about greasing his body for the kick-boxing-based workout, Tae-Bo, the report states.
"She told police he followed her into the kitchen, disrobed and then asked her to put oil on him.
"The report recounts the following confrontation with the suspect, 49-year-old Rudolph Claude Smith, after officers Adam Thayer and George Hildebidle knocked on his door:
"Smith answered reluctantly, wearing athletic shorts and shoes with oil covering his bare torso and a pair of wooden nunchucks in his left hand. The officers ordered him to drop the weapon, but he refused. When Thayer attempted to grab his arm, Smith began hitting Hildebidle with the nunchucks. They had a hard time controlling him because of the oil.
"The officers battled back with batons, eventually wrestling Smith to the ground and putting him in handcuffs."
