Cops: Naked Man Tried Out Pharmacy's Dog Beds

Customers at a CVS pharmacy got more than an eyeful Tuesday when Pasco County deputies say a man stripped naked and began checking out merchandise.

The display unfolded just before 8 p.m. at the 2322 Land O’ Lakes Blvd. store, according to the sheriff’s office. The man, deputies say, walked into the store and headed toward the bathroom. Once there, deputies say the man stripped out of his clothing and then exited the facilities to go into the main part of the store.

Stark naked, the man “proceeded to rummage through 6 dog beds, grabbing 3 and laying on top of them,” a probable cause affidavit stated.

Jeremiah Phillip Patterson, 22, was charged with lewd or lascivious exhibition and retail petty theft once law enforcement was called to the scene. The petty theft charge, the report stated, stems from the fact the naked act was “damaging” to the merchandise and deprived CVS from the ability to sell the items.

Patterson, who has no known address, was being held at the Pasco County Jail Tuesday in lieu of $300 bond. He has no other prior arrests in Pasco County, according to jail records.

Photo Credit: Jeremiah Phillip Patterson/Pasco County Sheriff’s Office

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