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'What's wrong with a man driving home naked?': Man wearing only a hat, glasses and sandals charged with DUI
DeFUNIAK
SPRINGS - A man wearing only a hat, sunglasses and sandals who deputies
discovered sitting in a parked car Monday night has been charged with
driving under the influence.
The 58-year-old DeFuniak Springs
resident's pickup truck was parked off County Highway 1883 and was
partially blocking traffic, according to a news release from the Walton
County Sheriff's Office.
When the deputies approached the truck, they saw the man was naked.
"What's wrong with a man driving home naked? It's not against the law," he told a deputy, according to the report.
Deputies smelled alcohol on the man's breath and from a passenger who began yelling at them.
When
a deputy tried to get the passenger out of the car, 47-year-old Phyllis
Cumbie struck him with her fist before she was handcuffed, the report
stated.
She faces a felony charge of battery on a law-enforcement officer.
