JELLICO, TN (WLAF) – Man takes a swim in a pond “because he was hot” and lands in jail. On Sunday, July 3, Campbell County Sheriff’s Deputy Justin Phillips answered a call at Indian Mountain State Park campground in Jellico. When Phillips arrived, he made contact with a man identified as Kenneth Scott Ivey who was sitting on the ground behind a camper inside the park. Ivey did not have any clothing on, he was covered by a towel that had been given to him by the people in the camper he was sitting behind, according to a report from the sheriff’s office.

Ivey told Phillips that he had come out of the woods across from the pond at the campground and got into the pond to swim because he was hot. Ivey continued that while he was swimming in the pond, he had taken his clothes off, leaving them in the water. The man reported he did not have any more clothes than what he was wearing at the time he got into the water. Phillips spoke with a witness who reported Ivey came out of the water completely naked and began to approach his camper, he stated that a park employee had witnessed this as well.

Ivey, 41, 595 West Robbins Street, Jellico is charged with indecent exposure. (WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED – 07/11/2022-6AM)

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