A Kentucky dentist and chairman of his county’s Republican Party has lost his political post and is facing criminal charges following a weekend arrest in Tennessee on charges of indecent exposure and resisting arrest.
David Narramore, 54, of Whitesburg, was arrested Saturday night at a Belk department store in Kingsport, Tennessee. WJHL in Johnson City, Tennessee, reported that Kingsport police officers were called to the store by a loss prevention officer.
The man told the officers that he was in a stall in the store's men's room, when the person in the next stall, later identified as Narramore, began rubbing his foot with his own. Narramore is also accused of exposing his genitals to the man, WJHL said.
The employee detained Narramore and held him in the loss prevention office until Kingsport police arrived, the news station said.
When officers attempted to arrest Narramore, he refused to put his hands behind his back, WJHL reported. When he continued to pull away and fight the officers, they used a Taser on him.
The Taser had no effect, and the officers wrestled him to the ground to handcuff him, police said.
Narramore, who complained at the scene of chest pains, was evaluated by paramedics before being booked into the Kingsport City Jail. He was released the next day after posting $2,250 bail.
The Lexington Herald-Leader reported that Narramore resigned his post with the Republican Party's Letcher County branch following the arrest.
"Dr. Narramore is clearly going through some personal issues," Tres Watson, communications director for the state GOP, told the Herald-Leader. "We wish him well as he attempts to deal with (his) personal struggles."
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