Will Greenlee

will.greenlee@tcpalm.com

A naked man who pulled into Walgreens was arrested after deputies found a crack pipe and crack cocaine in the pickup truck he was driving, an affidavit states.

An Indian River County Sheriff’s deputy about 3 a.m. Oct. 19 noticed the pickup pulling into a Walgreens on U.S. 1 in Vero Beach.

Knowing Walgreens opens at 7 a.m. and that no one should be there, the deputy approached the vehicle.

The deputy spotted a man “completely naked," an affidavit states.

The deputy shined his flashlight on the nude dude, later identified as 54-year-old James Lewis, who started reaching toward a cup holder.

Lewis was removed from the vehicle, and the deputy asked why he kept reaching toward the cup holder.

“Man you might find a crack pipe there,” Lewis is quoted as saying.

In addition to a glass crack pipe, the deputy turned up crack cocaine rocks.

It wasn’t immediately clear why Lewis was naked.

The deputy asked Lewis for his license, which he said was in his shorts. The shorts were on the floorboard as opposed to on Lewis’s body.

Deputies determined his license was suspended.

Asked whether he knew that, Lewis said, “Yes, I know it is but I have to drive you know.”

Lewis, of Micco, was arrested on charges including possession of drug paraphernalia, knowingly driving while license suspended and possession of crack cocaine.