{"id":136652,"date":"2026-01-29T19:34:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T19:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/136652\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T19:34:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T19:34:09","slug":"early-morning-wawa-stop-turns-into-arrest-after-man-found-reclined-exposed-fl-deputies-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/136652\/","title":{"rendered":"Early-morning Wawa stop turns into arrest after man found reclined, exposed: FL deputies"},"content":{"rendered":"

FORT PIERCE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A 38-year-old man was arrested early Wednesday after deputies say they found him asleep, reclined, and exposed in a car outside a Fort Pierce Wawa<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The St. Lucie County Sheriff\u2019s Office <\/a>said deputies responded around 3:55 a.m. on January 29 to the Wawa at 121 S. Kings Highway <\/a>after multiple callers reported concerning behavior from a man parked directly in front of the store.<\/p>\n

Deputies said they found Kevin Michael Curtin, of Bradenton<\/a>, asleep in the driver\u2019s seat with his seat fully reclined. His state of undress, they said, left little doubt as to why customers called 911. <\/p>\n

\"January<\/p>\n

January 29, 2026 – Deputies arrested 38\u2011year\u2011old Kevin Michael Curtin outside a Wawa in Fort Pierce after responding to reports that he was found asleep in his car while reclined and exposed, prompting concerned customers to call 911. (SLCSO){ }<\/p>\n

See also: ‘Control, coercion, manipulation’: Traveling equine vet charged with sex crimes<\/a><\/p>\n

Curtin was taken into custody without incident and booked into the St. Lucie County Jail<\/a> on a charge of indecent exposure.<\/p>\n

The sheriff\u2019s office added in its statement that early morning convenience store stops are best limited to \u201ccoffee, fuel, and possibly a morning snack\u201d \u2014 not actions that lead to an arrest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT PIERCE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A 38-year-old man was arrested early Wednesday after deputies say they found him…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":136471,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-136652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136652\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}