Naked man greets deputy on dark road, tells him not to be scared, FL cops say

A suspect dubbed the “Birthday Suit Bandit” surrendered while naked, and body cam video shows he was polite enough to raise his hands, kneel and tell the deputy not to be “scared.”

The unusual encounter happened just after midnight Saturday, April 26, on a residential street in Palm Coast, where a woman reported a “completely naked” man was trying to break into her home.

Video shows the responding deputy was on foot when he heard a voice in the dark say: “I know you’re going to be a little scared now. Don’t worry about it. Everything’s cool.”

Seconds later, the suspect appeared in the road, unclothed and unarmed. He then turned his back and put his hands behind his back in anticipation of being handcuffed.

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.

This story was originally published April 30, 2025 at 7:42 AM with the headline "Naked man greets deputy on dark road, tells him not to be scared, FL cops say."