Reports of a naked man running down the road led Martin County deputies to converge on Darling Street Monday.
A short time later they tracked a suspect to a wooded area near Salerno Road.
By the time they caught up with him, they said he had put on clothes.
They arrested 24-year Anthony Darnell Smith for lewd behavior.
They said it was the third time he had been arrested on a similar charge.
Deputies charged him with exposure of sexual organs and resisting arrest without violence.