Fireman dressed in bikini and wig arrrested in park

A VOLUNTEER firefighter in Mason, Ohio, who was found at a park wearing a woman’s wig and bikini was arrested on charges of drunken driving and indecency, officials said.

Steven S Cole, 46, of Waynesville, told an officer he was on his way to a Dayton bar to perform as a woman in a contest offering a $10,000 (€7,440) prize.

He was arrested after police received a report of an intoxicated man walking and driving around the town of Mason.

Police said Cole was wearing a blond wig, pink flip-flops and a string bikini with the top filled out by tan water balloons.

His blood-alcohol test registered 0.174, more than twice Ohio’s legal driving limit of 0.08, the arrest report said.

He was due in court last night on charges of drunken driving, public indecency and disorderly conduct.

A phone message left at his home was not immediately returned.

Cole has been a Wayne Township firefighter since 2000.

Township officials said he will be placed on administrative leave.