Drunk man uses Irish accent, exposes himself at York County retirement village, police say

Apparently Patrick Michael Hires saw nothing wrong with walking around a Manchester Township retirement community in the early morning, exposing himself and shouting, according to police.

And when officers arrived, he told them as much. With an Irish accent to boot, police said.

"I decided to get me (genitals) out, and sing a song," he told them.

Was it "Danny Boy" or maybe "Whiskey in the Jar" or even "I'm Shipping up to Boston"? Charging documents did not specify.

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Hires, 33, of the 1300 block of Boggs Road, Forrest Hill, Maryland, faces charges of indecent exposure, open lewdness, public drunkenness, and disorderly conduct.

Charges were filed on Sunday, but by Wednesday, he had not been arraigned, according to online court dockets.

About 2:45 a.m. on Saturday, a security officer at SpiriTrust Lutheran in Manchester Township called police to the intersection of Sprenkle Drive and Weisgerber Way for a disorderly person.

When Northern York County Regional Police arrived, they found Hires on foot in the community.

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"The male was walking away from me, and he had his sweat pants down around his thighs, with his bare buttocks exposed," documents state.

When the officer drove closer, Hires pulled up his pants and walked away. Police caught Hires and arrested him, noting that he smelled of alcohol, had slurred speech and difficulty standing, according to documents.

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"Hires was shouting, and speaking gibberish," documents state.

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Papers that police found in a bag Hires was carrying indicated he had been released from York Hospital on Jan. 17 following a drug overdose. He told police he was walking home to Maryland, but that he had no idea where he was, documents state.

He uncorked the Irish accent when police asked him why he was walking in the retirement village, according to documents.

Contact Ted Czech at 717-771-2033.