A restaurant manager at a downtown Indianapolis Shake Shack called 911 on October 21 to report a man exposing and rubbing his penis in front of customers, setting off an investigation that ended with the arrest of a man described as having been jailed nearly 100 times in Marion County. Michael Law was taken into custody on November 5 and is now charged with felony public indecency.
According to court documents cited by WTHR, Law was accused of exposing himself to customers at the restaurant. The manager reportedly told police this was not the first time the man had done this at the location.
Police reviewed the Shake Shack's security video from that day and documented Law exposing his penis and moving it back and forth with his left hand, per the same account. The conduct reportedly went on for more than 20 minutes before it was reported.
Officer Recognized Law From the Footage
An IMPD officer recognized Michael Law from the security video, and the restaurant manager reportedly confirmed his identity to investigators. That identification led to his arrest nearly two weeks after the incident was first reported.
Online records cited in the WTHR report show Law had been arrested in Marion County roughly 94 times before this case, with the station describing him as having been jailed nearly 100 times altogether. His record reportedly includes past convictions for public indecency, public nudity, battery against a public official, and criminal trespass.
What Indiana Law Says About the Charge
Under Indiana's public indecency statute, knowingly or intentionally fondling one's own or another person's genitals in a public place is a Class A misdemeanor, according to the 2025 Indiana Code as published by law.justia.com. The statute defines nudity as showing the human male or female genitals, pubic area, or buttocks with less than a fully opaque covering.
The same code section states that the offense becomes a Level 6 felony if the person who commits it has a prior unrelated conviction under the statute's earlier subsections.
