GAINESVILLE, Ga. — A Gainesville man faces charges of public indecency and drug possession following an incident earlier this fall.
According to a Hall County Sheriff’s Office report, deputies were dispatched to the 2200 block of Barnes Drive around 11 a.m. on October 26 in response to a call about indecent exposure.
At the scene, deputies spoke with a witness, Mayte Hernandez-Portugal, who said she went outside her home after hearing her dogs barking. She told deputies she walked to the left side of her yard and saw a man near the woods with his pants around his ankles, facing her house.
Hernandez-Portugal alleged the man, later identified as 46-year-old Chewbacca Johnson, was exposed and “playing with himself.” She said she went back inside her home and told her son to call 911.
Deputies learned Johnson had fled into nearby woods. A K9 unit was deployed, and a perimeter was established. Law enforcement located and apprehended Johnson shortly afterward.
During a search, a deputy reported finding a “bag of a green leafy substance suspected to be marijuana” in Johnson’s pocket.
Johnson was charged with public indecency/indecent exposure and possession of marijuana. He was taken to the Hall County Jail without incident.
Court records show this was not Johnson’s first arrest. His arrest history spans nearly 30 years and includes multiple similar offenses.
In August 2024, Johnson pleaded guilty to a 2022 public indecency charge in Hall County and received a sentence of “12 months – time deemed served,” according to online court records.
Johnson also pleaded no contest to public indecency charges in 2021 and 2022. In the 2021 case, he received a 12-month suspended sentence. In the 2022 case, records indicate he was sentenced to 12 months in the Hall County Jail, placed on probation, and ordered to undergo a psycho-sexual evaluation.
Additional arrest records dating back to 1996 list charges including loitering, miscellaneous drug offenses, and resisting or hindering law enforcement.
