A Maryland man was arrested Thursday for allegedly assaulting men he believed were gay over a three-year period in a Washington, DC, park, officials said
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Michael Thomas Pruden, 48, is accused of spraying the men with a"chemical irritant" at DC's Meridian Hill Park, also known as Malcolm X Park, according to the indictment. The park is known in the community as a place where men meet seeking consensual sex with other men, the indictment said. It alleges Pruden went there at night -- twice while pretending to be a United States Park Police officer -- and shined a flashlight in the men's faces.
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