Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe MOSCOW, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Moscow police have arrested a suspected naked robber accused of stopping women in a park and demanding their valuables. Valery Martynov, 31, was naked and clutching a plastic bag containing his clothes when he was detained Sunday in a large, forested park in southwest Moscow, The Moscow Times reported Thursday. Advertisement Police arrested him after a woman called to say a naked man was watching her walk with her young child in the park, police spokeswoman Yevgenia Puzanova said Wednesday. Martynov was convicted of staging a nude stickup in 2001 and was released from prison about a year ago. Police said he had stolen a cell phone from a woman after approaching her naked and threatening her with a handgun. Police began receiving complaints in July about a naked robber. "If they weren't scared by the fact that he was naked, he would start yelling at them and threatening them," Puzanova said. "In some cases, he would choke them a little." Ten women have complained of being mugged, and two of them have positively identified Martynov as the perpetrator. "We believe there are probably more incidents, but a lot of women might be shy about reporting them," Puzanova said. Advertisement
