POLK COUNTY, Fla. – A Lake County man faces indecent exposure charges following an incident in a Lyft vehicle on Saturday afternoon in Polk County.
48-year-old Bruce Hylton of Groveland, Florida, was booked into the Polk County Jail, where he was charged with exposure of sexual organs
Around 3:00 PM on December 7th, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office received a report from Lyft about a passenger behaving inappropriately. Deputies responded to the scene, along with an officer from the Auburndale Police Department, and located the Lyft vehicle near Berkley Road and Daniels Way in Polk City.
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“The driver informed the deputy that he had picked up Bruce Hylton as a passenger, heard a strange noise, and turned around to see more of Bruce than he cared to see, and saw Bruce doing something that he didn’t care to see Bruce doing,” said the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies questioned Hylton, who reportedly admitted to the indecent exposure and expressed shame for his actions. He claimed to have been overcome by an impulse that led to the inappropriate behavior.
Deputies arrested Hylton and transported to the Polk County Jail.
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