Will Greenlee

will.greenlee@tcpalm.com

VERO BEACH — A man spotted naked in a van was arrested after police reported he apparently discharged a fire extinguisher “all over the interior of the van for an unknown reason,” an affidavit states.

The case of the nude dude who’s evidently into fire suppression gear began around 7:20 a.m. on Feb. 28 in the 600 block of 21st Street in Vero Beach.

A man said that before notifying police, he saw a man — later identified as Crayton Coursey, 65 — naked in a Stellar Transportation van.

He said he called police when Coursey exited the van and started yelling.

Coursey told police he worked for Stellar Transportation, a medical transportation business, but investigators doubted that “because he didn’t have any shoes and he was wearing soiled and wet clothing,” an affidavit states.

The Stellar Transportation owner said Coursey didn’t work for him.

A fine, white powder coated part of the van’s interior, and investigators suspect Coursey discharged a fire extinguisher inside for some reason.

Coursey also told investigators he’d been in a Dodge truck.

Coursey, listed as homeless in Vero Beach, was arrested on two felony burglary charges.