Fla. Deputy Nabs 'Birthday Suit Bandit' when Naked Man Greets Him

April 30, 2025
“I know you’re going to be a little scared now. Don’t worry about it. Everything’s cool," a naked man accused of trying to break into a Palm Coast home told a Flagler County sheriff's deputy.

The unflappable deputy did not appear scared and apparently not even surprised, other than to ask: “What’s going on, bro? ... You’re walking around the street naked.”

The suspect was identified as a 63-year-old man who lives with his wife in the neighborhood. She was asleep at the time of the arrest, an affidavit reports.

“According to the victim, she called 911 after she heard what sounded like a knife trying to cut through the lock on her front door,” the sheriff’s office said in a news release posted to Facebook.

“Upon arrival, a FCSO deputy located (the suspect) walking away from the victim’s residence in his birthday suit as described and gouges on the victim’s front door frame and molding.”

The man was charged with attempted burglary, exposure of sex organs and criminal mischief, and later released on a $12,000 bond, officials said.

“Attempting to break into a home without your britches is not an encounter you want to have with law enforcement,” Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly said in the news release.

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