A 79-year-old Florida man had been terrorizing his apartment building neighbors in a G-string thong.
His neighbors called police twice in three days just to get him off the street.
Then he answered the door, looked a female officer in the eye, and asked her to jump rope.
He Had an Answer for Everything
Officer Savannah Hutcheson showed up at Tyrone James Causey's apartment on May 22 after neighbors told police they were "increasingly concerned and frustrated with his continued behavior."
Causey answered the door in a G-string thong.
He didn't seem embarrassed.
He told Hutcheson he had "a right to walk around naked under Florida Statute 800.001" – and that it was "only illegal in parks, not in public."
Officer Hutcheson explained that walking around in public exposing himself was illegal.
Causey said he didn't know he was being filmed.
Then things escalated.
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He put on lipstick in front of the officer.
Then he began touching himself.
Then he asked her to "jump rope for me, baby doll."
He was arrested shortly after.
Five Neighbors, Five Counts, One 1987 Prior
This wasn't a noise complaint.
Five separate residents told police they had witnessed Causey expose himself in the common areas of the building.
He had also been caught on a neighbor's doorbell camera – thrusting his genitals at it.
Police were called on May 20.
Then again on May 22.
That second call triggered the arrest – five counts of indecent exposure.
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Under Florida law, a second or subsequent indecent exposure offense is a third-degree felony, punishable by up to five years in prison.
Prosecutors charged Causey accordingly, because he had a prior indecent exposure arrest from 1987 – nearly four decades ago.
A Broward County judge ruled that the evidence supported only standard misdemeanor charges.
Causey walked out of Broward County jail the same day.
The Judge Let Him Go and the Pattern Continues
Florida Statute 800.03 is not ambiguous.
Exposing sexual organs in public, or on private premises where others can see, is a first-degree misdemeanor on the first offense.
A second offense is a felony.
Causey had the prior.
Prosecutors filed the felony charges correctly.
The judge knocked them down anyway – and a man with a documented 39-year history of this behavior was back on the street before the ink dried on the police report.
His neighbors – the ones who gave five separate witness statements – are still living in the same building.
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Causey is still their neighbor.
That's the part no one in the courthouse seemed to think was worth fixing.
This Was Not Even His Most Dangerous Stunt of 2026
The Hollywood exposures weren't the scariest thing Causey did this year.
In March 2026, the Monroe County Sheriff's Office arrested him after a high-speed chase through the Florida Keys.
Causey allegedly sped through a construction zone in a Toyota sedan, refused to stop, and hit speeds over 100 mph while tailgating other drivers.
He was charged with reckless driving and speeding.
A 79-year-old man – with a 1987 indecent exposure arrest and a 100-mph police chase already on his 2026 résumé – walked out of a Broward County jail on misdemeanor charges because a judge decided the felony statute didn't quite apply.
The neighbors needed to make one call.
They made two.
Sources:
- Richard Pollina, "Elderly, thong-wearing Florida man busted for exposing himself around apartment complex," New York Post, May 27, 2026.
- "Lipstick, thong-wearing Hollywood senior says he has 'right' to flash exasperated neighbors: Cops," Local 10 News, May 22, 2026.
- "Thong-wearing elderly man didn't do himself any favors by telling an officer to 'jump rope for me, baby doll,'" OutKick, May 27, 2026.
- Florida Statute § 800.03, Justia U.S. Law, 2025.
- "Florida Indecent Exposure Laws," FindLaw, January 26, 2026.
