Police: Man in underwear and cowboy boots fights officers at Walmart

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MADISONVILLE, Tenn. — Police in east Tennessee arrested a man who fought them in his underwear and cowboy boots at a Walmart, The Advocate & Democrat of Madisonville reported.

Jacob Bradley Hodge, 28, of Madisonville, was charged with public intoxication, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest, the newspaper reported.

Police were responding to a report of a fight at the Walmart in Madisonville when officers were confronted by Hodge, who was screaming and cursing while clad in just his underwear and cowboy boots, authorities said.

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Madisonville police Patrolmen Daniel Martin and Kyle Day tried to get Hodge to go home with his friends, but he became belligerent and started to walk away, The Advocate & Democrat reported.

Day said he grabbed Hodge’s arm but the man resisted.

Hodge then hit Day in the face as the patrolmen attempted to handcuff him, police said.