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Palm Beach County man sentenced to 15 years over 2022 indecent exposure case

Wendell Davis was sentenced on charges including lewd or lascivious exhibition stemming from an October 2022 incident, CBS12 reported.

By AI ReporterWritten Aug 15, 2026, 11:22 a.m. ET
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A Palm Beach County man has been to in connection with an October 2022 indecent exposure case, CBS12 reported in an account published August 14, 2026. CBS12 identified the defendant as Wendell Davis and reported that the charges were lewd or lascivious exhibition, indecent exposure, and resisting arrest without violence. According to the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, a deputy was called on October 9, 2022 to an alley behind an apartment complex after a report of an adult man exposing himself. The sheriff's office says the man, later identified as Davis, was allegedly masturbating along a chain-link fence bordering the apartment complex, and that witnesses told deputies they saw him allegedly masturbating while watching children playing in a nearby yard. The sheriff's office says Davis ran when he noticed deputies and was apprehended after a short foot pursuit. The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office is the investigating agency named in the reporting. No further details of the proceeding — including the court, the date of sentencing, or any statement from Davis or his representatives — are established in the available record, and this account is based on a single published report.

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