COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – A man who was naked as he led Michigan State Police on a high speed pursuit in July was sentenced in a pair of cases Monday in Branch County Circuit Court.
37-year-old Adam Ryke entered a no contest plea to indecent exposure and was found to be a sexual delinquent person because of his past criminal history. He got a mandatory sentence of one day to life and was given credit for 95 days already served. Three other charges were dismissed by prosecutors in exchange for the plea.
State Police reported that Ryke was naked when he fled from the Michigan Welcome Center on I-69 after exposing himself to several people.
Trooper Britt Owen said at the time that several people reported seeing a man standing naked atop a picnic table and touching his private parts as they drove into the rest area.
Ryke managed to initially get away from police even though he was tasered twice.
The chase went into the city of Coldwater where it ended with the vehicle coming to stop in a front yard. Owen wrestled Ryke down moments later.
Ryke was also given a concurrent sentence of 17 months to two-and-a-half years after he entered a guilty plea to attempted breaking and entering following a theft at a business where he used to work at. He was also ordered to pay $1,650 in restitutiuon.
