Shirtless man arrested on Overseas Highway after false name report

A shirtless man standing with his pants down along the Overseas Highway briefly turned a busy Upper Keys commute into a sheriff’s-office call Wednesday morning, after multiple drivers reported the scene near Mile Marker 106 in Key Largo.

The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said deputies arrested Jeremiah Armsey, 49, of Mount Dora, at about 9:28 a.m. on June 17, 2026. He was charged with giving a false name or identification to a law enforcement officer and disturbing the peace. The arrest followed the reports from motorists who saw the unusual roadside behavior along U.S. 1, one of the Keys’ most heavily traveled corridors.

Mile Marker 106 is a familiar point for anyone entering Key Largo. The Key Largo Chamber of Commerce Florida Keys Visitor Center sits there, about one-half mile after drivers cross into Key Largo on U.S. 1. That stretch is part of the Overseas Highway, the 113-mile spine of the island chain, where more than 3 million visitors travel each year. In a place where traffic, tourism and daily life are tightly intertwined, even a brief disturbance on the shoulder can ripple quickly through the morning flow.

The incident did not involve a crash or a violent confrontation, but deputies still treated it as a public-safety matter because the behavior was visible, disruptive and drew repeated calls from passing drivers. In the Keys, where U.S. 1 serves as the main route for residents, commuters, tourists and service vehicles, a roadside scene like this can become a hazard as much as a curiosity.

The Sheriff’s Office has handled similar roadside disorder calls before. In March 2025, deputies responded to another naked or partially naked behavior case on U.S. 1 near Mile Marker 110 that ended in an arrest after multiple calls. The agency’s public arrest listings also note that people shown there have been arrested but not convicted, and Monroe County provides public-records access for sheriff’s office reports through county resources.

For Upper Keys drivers, the latest arrest is another example of how quickly an odd roadside episode can interrupt traffic and trigger a law-enforcement response on a corridor that residents rely on every day.