By Ben Fractenberg and Shayna Jacobs
DNAinfo Staff
MIDTOWN — Professional skateboarder Jereme Rogers ran naked through a Murray Hill hotel tearing down picture frames and causing other damage, prosecutors said Friday.
Jereme Rogers, 26, was allegedly streaking outside his 11th floor room in the Affinia Shelburne hotel at Lexington Avenue between 37th and 38th streets when he allegedly went on a rampage and tore down about $2,500 worth of hotel art, prosecutors charge.
The pro skateboarder was charged with two misdemeanor counts of fourth-degree criminal mischief, Assistant District Attorney Andrew Weinstein said at his arraignment.
"[Rogers] was found completely undressed in the hallway with glass on the floor all around him," Weinstein said.
Bail was set at $75,000 bond or $10,000 cash that the Massachusetts native did not immediately post. Prosecutors argued Rogers his a flight risk.
His attorney, Andrea Moletteri, said such a high bail was unreasonable in this case.
Rogers was reportedly taken to Bellevue Hospital for evaluation after the incident.
He posted a picture on his Facebook page at 6:12 a.m. Thursday showing what looks like the worlds "fear" and "God" tattooed on the back of each hand.
The incident wasn't the first time Rogers was naked in public.
The skateboarder was arrested in May 2009 after preaching sans clothes from the rooftop of his apartment building in Redondo Beach, California, The New York Times reported.
Weinstein said he has a criminal history in California and Florida.
“It was a rampage,” a witness told the Daily News of the alleged incident. “He was screaming. We didn’t even know what he was doing. He was incoherent and belligerent.”
Rogers is due back in court on Jan. 11. He currently faces up to a year in jail if convicted.
