Man crashes truck into Dallas mall, tries on clothes

The Southwest Center Mall in Dallas, where a man drove a truck through the glass door and crashed into a sporting goods store, where began trying on clothes. / KTVT

(CBS/AP) DALLAS - A naked man crashed a pickup truck into a southwest Dallas mall, got out and started putting on clothes and shoes, police said.

And it wasn't the first disturbance involving 35-year-old Arthur Walker, who police say earlier engaged in an attempted carjacking.

Police said the man allegedly got behind the wheel of a pickup Friday morning covered only in a blanket and started driving toward the mall, but before he got there Walker allegedly got out of his truck and banged on the car window of a woman, ordering her to get out.

The woman drove off uninjured and called police.

Walker than plowed his truck through the glass doors at Southwest Center Mall, barreling through kiosks before he made a right turn down a hallway and a left turn into Champs Sporting Goods, where he broke through yet another gate.

Once inside the sporting goods store, police say the man left his blanket in the truck and started putting on clothes and a pair of Air Jordan shoes.

"He just took out some carts and kiosks and damaged some property within the mall. No one was injured," Southwest Center Mall General Manager Lisa Long said.

The suspect was arrested without incident and taken to Methodist Dallas Medical Center by Dallas Fire Rescue. A police statement said he was jailed without bond on a burglary charge. His condition is not known.

Sources tell CBS Station KTVT the man had allegedly been involved in some type of family altercation or incident earlier.

[Ulgnud]

Looks like either this guy is nuts, on something, or looking for 3 square meals & a bed at our expense.

[Jhihmoac]

This same nutcase probably brings a change of clothing to an auto mall and then proceeds to strip...

[taxed01]

Quick - put him on Social Security Disability and start throwing taxpayer money at him.

[carolhill814]

I don't understand why people would do this to themselves it just makes no sense to me at all and that is a fact.

[LunaAzule]

You couldn't pay me enough to be a cop and have to deal with these kinda' people.

[carolhill814]

I couldn't agree with you more if I tried but you can say it is very entertaining to say the least.

[hypnotoad72]

He should get a job.

Oh, wait, they're all going overseas - he probably had to sell the shirt off his back to "compete" with those wages...

[55minus5]

Bath Salts.

[kroguej]

Thats what I was thinking. All these bizarre crimes have to be tied to drugs, rational people try not to get caught.

[dannysteele]

What's the bid deal? It's TEXAS!