“A strange noise” heard from the back seat of a Lyft led the driver to discover he was unknowingly carting around a naked man, according to investigators in Florida.
The strange ride began just before 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7, with a pickup in Lakeland, about a 35-mile drive northeast from Tampa.
It ended 10 miles away in Auburndale, with the 48-year-old passenger going from the back of a Lyft to the back of a squad car, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office said.
“The Lyft company contacted the PCSO and reported that one of their drivers was in a very, very uncomfortable situation,” the sheriff’s office wrote in a social media post.
“The driver informed the deputy that he had picked up ... a passenger, heard a strange noise, and turned around to see ... (the passenger) ... was sitting on the back seat, sans shirt, pants, and undies. The driver told (him) to stop what he was doing.”
Details of the man’s state of dress at the time of arrest were not revealed.
Under questioning, the suspect explained he got “a little naked” after being overcome with “a feeling,” deputies said.
He was arrested and charged with unlawful exposure of sexual organs, the sheriff’s office said.
Details of where the man wanted to be taken were not released, but he lives in Groveland, about a 30-mile drive west from Orlando.
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