FORT PIERCE — A 24-year-old man accused of dropping his pants and displaying his derriere to police was arrested, according to a report.

The case of the dude alleged to have bared his buttocks -- and slapped them -- to Fort Pierce police began July 26 at an address on Virginia Avenue.

Police went there after a report of a shirtless man trying to get in an apartment. Investigators found Austin Lee Young, who smelled of booze.

Young said a man who lives in the apartment “made inappropriate statements to his wife,” the report states. Young said he lives in a nearby apartment.

Police told Young he wasn’t allowed back on the property, and he got upset. Police say he shouted profanity and walked in his apartment.

He soon exited his apartment, again letting loose with lousy language.

“Young then turned around exposing his back then lowered his pants and exposed his buttocks,” a report states. “Young then slapped his buttocks with his right hand and shouted, ‘Kiss my (expletive) pigs.’"

Displaying the buttocks, the fleshy protuberances below the lower back, is a practice informally known as “mooning.” It generally is considered a show of defiance, or disrespect.

According to an article on Slate.com, mooning has been around for millennia: “One of the earliest known instances of mooning happened during the Fourth Crusade around 1203, when Western Europeans attempted to take Constantinople. As the crusaders’ ships pulled away after the failed attack, the Byzantines hooted and hollered and ‘showed their bare buttocks in derision to the fleeing foe.’ Another account tells of the Italian nobleman and troubadour Alberico da Romano, who in the first half of the 13th century was so indignant at losing his favorite falcon during a hunt that he ‘dropped his trousers and exposed his rear to the Lord as a sign of abuse and reviling.’”

Meanwhile, police got to the bottom of the case, taking Young in to custody. He is accused of spitting on two officers.

Young was arrested on charges including two counts battery on officer, firefighter, EMT, etc., and disorderly intoxication.