Lonely? Is that you?

Meet James Randolph...he may just be our pal "Lonely"!!

From the Des Moines Register :

Des Moines police say James Randolph apparently jumps into the river because he likes the attention. It happened again on Tuesday. 

According to police, Randolph, 53, went to the police station to report that drug dealers took his money. He talked with a member of the report unit and then asked to speak with a police officer. 

While waiting for the officer to arrive, Randolph asked for a pen and a piece of paper. On it he wrote the word "river" and he handed it back to a police employee.

Randolph left the police station and officers were notified because he has jumped into the river in the past. "He seems to enjoy the attention he receives from this behavior," officers said in a report. 

Police located him on the bank of the Des Moines River north of City Hall about 11:20 a.m., standing outside the railing. A moment later he was dog-paddling in the river. He was talking and making jokes and then climbed out of the water by himself and began gathering shells, according to a police report.

Police said Randolph climbed up a ladder provided by a rescue team. Officers said Randolph asked if they had gathered up his coat and glasses that he'd left at the river bank. Informed that no one had collected them, Randolph became upset. 

At the emergency room at Broadlawns Medical Center he spit on an officer and told her, "I thought you were my friend." He also threatened her, officers said. 

He was taken to the Polk County Jail where he is being held this morning without bond on charges of disorderly conduct and assault on a police officer.