Police Arrest Man Caught Swimming In Bricktown Canal

Oklahoma City police arrested a man who said he decided to jump into the Bricktown Canal to get some exercise.

Police spotted 35-year-old Doyle Allen swimming in the canal in downtown Oklahoma City around 7:30 p.m. on March 27. When officers asked him what he was doing, Allen said he was swimming and trying to get some exercise.

He was arrested and booked into the Oklahoma County jail on a complaint of public drunkenness.