Cops don't turn other cheek in fanny flashing caper

FORT PIERCE — A man accused of flashing his fanny at people was arrested, and it doesn’t appear deputies had to work their butts off to do so, according to an affidavit.

The case of the reported derriere displaying dude happened Dec. 20.

A St. Lucie County sheriff’s deputy was sent to the area of Avenue Q and North 39th Street for a report of a man “flashing his butt at people.”

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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.

The accused rump revealer was described as a black man wearing a black shirt and dark jeans.

Investigators found a man matching the description, identifying him as 44-year-old Alvin Wilson.

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A witness evidently helped police get to the bottom of things. He said he was driving on Avenue Q and saw a man with his pants below his buttocks. The witness reported “both cheeks” were in “plain view.”

A deputy reported dispatchers got two calls on “the same black male flashing a school bus.”

Wilson, of the 1700 block of North 37th Street in Fort Pierce, was arrested on a disturbing the peace charge.