If this van's a-rockin', don't come a-knockin' in St. Lucie County

Will Greenlee | Treasure Coast Newspapers

ST. LUCIE COUNTY — “If this van’s a-rockin’, don’t come a-knockin.’”

It’s bumper sticker wisdom from the 1970s that a St. Lucie County Sheriff’s deputy apparently ignored before a May 12 encounter, according to information in an arrest affidavit.

About 3:45 p.m., the deputy was patrolling the Blind Creek Beach access parking lot on South Ocean Drive when he noticed a white Chrysler van.

In the van were Amber Cloe, 40, and a 23-year-old man.

They were having sex, the affidavit states.

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The deputy knocked on the rear driver side sliding door.

Cloe opened the door.

The encounter is reminiscent of the 1975 hit song “Chevy Van” by the late Sammy Johns. The lyrics include: “She woke up and took me by the hand, we made love in my Chevy van, and that's all right with me.”

Cloe and her partner were in a Chrysler, as opposed to a Chevrolet, van, but that could be considered a minor detail.

According to an article in The Charlotte Observer about Johns’ death in 2013, “Chevy Van” sold 3 million copies “and was called ‘The Song of the Seventies’ by Rolling Stone magazine.”

"Chevy Van" got to No. 5 on the charts in the United States and Canada, the article states.

“To many, ‘Chevy Van’ symbolized the free-love era of the early 1970s, with its story of a man on a cross-country journey and his meeting with a young woman,” the article states.

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According to the affidavit, Cloe and her partner fessed up to their intimate activities “and were very apologetic for committing this act in a public beach access.”

The apology apparently only went so far.

That’s because when Cloe opened the door, the deputy reported smelling marijuana.

Cloe said she had some pot. She handed over a half-rolled cigar with marijuana in it, and a bag of pot. She also said she had a marijuana pipe in her purse.

Cloe, of Port St. Lucie, was arrested on misdemeanor charges of possession of not more than 20 grams of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.

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The 23-year-old man was not arrested.

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