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Naked Man Arrested in Florida Parking Lot Screaming, ‘I Only Had One Beer!’

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This guy was busted while naked and screaming

VERO BEACH, Florida — A naked man wearing only a pair of shorts around his ankles and screaming “I only had one beer!” kicked trash cans and punched cars in a supermarket parking lot before being placed under arrest for public drunkeness.

Florida cops found Jonathan Boettcher, 46, swinging his arms and yelling in a Publix parking lot in Vero Beach while wearing no shirt and no underwear, but with basketball shorts around his ankles, the Miami Herald reported.

Officers said Boettcher was sweating uncontrollably and shouted “I only had one beer!” and “I only wanted to smoke some pot.”

Earlier, Boettcher had kicked over a cigarette disposal bin and then ran into the store naked and shouted, “You’re not the one!” Before that, he had been spotted stopping traffic and punching cars before stripping off his clothes.

Boettcher told the deputy he’d had one beer and smoked part of a marijuana joint in a homeless camp behind Publix. As for dropping his pants, he claimed to be responding to a friend mooning him.

Boettcher was sentenced to 45 days in county jail.

Dash Cam in Crash Leads Cops Right to Burglar: the Owner of the Car

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Xavier Moran didn’t realize the dash cam he handed cops showed him robbing a store

ROYAL PALM BEACH, Florid — Crack criminal, he wasn’t.

A Florida did the local police force’s work for them when he handed over the dashboard camera from his car following a fender-bender, but which also showed him robbing a store a few hours earlier.

Xavier Moran, 25, had been involved in a crash on April 5, and told cops the dashboard camera would prove his version of events, that he had been cut off.

Detectives had Moran sign a waiver allowing them to review the camera.

But officers quickly discovered video of Moran smashing the window and breaking into Sally Beauty Supply Store.

Moran was also arrested on April 7 for allegedly threatening to shoot his brother with an assault rifle and pistol. Moran and his brother live with their parents in Royal Palm Beach, and during the incident, Moran allegedly pointed the gun at his father and threatened his parents as well as his brother.

 

Woman Blames Stiff Wind for Blowing Bag of Coke Into Her Purse

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Kennecia Posey blames a strong wind for putting cocaine in her purse

FORT PIERCE, Florida — More likely it was a bunch of hot air.

A Florida woman tried to claim that a bag of coke cops found in her handbag must have blown in there by a strong gust of wind, police said.

Kennecia Posey, 26, was one of two passengers in a car cops pulled over for swerving all over the road in Fort Pierce on March 21, police said.

As the officers approached, they say they smelled marijuana from inside the car and conducted a search. In Posey’s purse, cops say they found a bag a of marijuana and separate baggied that contained cocaine.

When asked about the coke, Posey claimed she had no idea where it had come from.

“I don’t know anything about any cocaine,” she said, according to a police report seen by WPLG-TV. “It’s a windy day. It must have flown through the window into my purse.”

Posey was charged with a felony count of cocaine possession and a misdemeanor charged if marijuana possession. She was later released on $5,000 bond.

 

Teenager Charged With Biting Head off Chicken at School

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The chicken was minding its own business when he lost his head

ORANGE CITY, Florida  — Paging Ozzy Osbourne.

A 17-year-old high school student in Florida is charged with breaking onto school property and biting the head off a live chicken, cops said.

The Volusia County Sheriff’s office says David Andrew Jimenez had boasted to pals that he had decapitated the bird over the weekend. Word soon filtered back to officials at University High School, who contacted the police.

Cops say Jimenez had made his way onto school grounds around 11 p.m. Saturday and entered a chicken coop that had been erected there as part of a “Farm-to-Table” event that had been held at the school earlier that day.

On Monday, a teacher  found the dead bird in the school parking lot. The chicken’s head was found in its coop, and eggs were found splattered in the gym and against its doors.

Jimenez was turned into cops by his mother on Tuesday and has been charged with animal cruelty and trespassing.

Cops said they are still investigating whether any other students had been involved.

Florida Mugger Discovers the Hard Way He Tried to Rob an MMA Fighter

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Ex-MMA fighter Jose Cortes is not a man to be messed with

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida — Some people just make really poor choices in life.

Like one Florida mugger, who tried to rob a man in broad daylight on a street in West Palm Beach and learned the hard way that his target was a retired MMA fighter and an instructor at Ultima Fitness MMA.

“When he tried to attack me, then I put him down and this is where I finally put him down until police got here,” Jose Cortes told the Orlando Sentinel.

Cortes said he was walking along, minding his own business, when the man tried to choke him from behind.

“He came from behind me… I just kinda held his wrist and put him down,” he said.

Once the wannabe thief discovered what he had gotten himself into, he gave up and lay there until police arrived.

“I said, ‘It’s OK guys, I’m a pro fighter.’ Then he gave up,” Cortes said.

According to cops, the man had just robbed a nearby restaurant. Cortes says he was glad the man targeted him, because most others wouldn’t have been as lucky.

“Be alert because this could happen to anybody that is not as skilled as me,” he said.

 

Florida Spring Breakers Don’t Let a Little Thing Like Going to Jail Spoil the Party

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These teenage spring breakers are bringing the party to the county jail

DESTIN, Florida — This party never stops.

A photo posted online by a Florida sheriff’s office shows that for one group of spring breakers, even getting arrested for underage drinking doesn’t mean the party is over.

The pack of 14 grinning teens continued whooping and hollering even though they are cuffed to their seats in the back of an Okaloosa Sheriff’s bus.

The teens are on their way to jail after being picked up for underage drinking on St. Patrick’s Day, the sheriff’s office said.

“We remind you we have #ZeroTolerance for underage drinking! 21 is the law – and it’s strictly enforced for your safety and the safety of those around you,” the department Tweeted.

Drunk Florida Cop Busted Driving Backwards While Honking Horn

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Christi Ruhtz was fired from her job as a cop immediately following her drunk driving arrest

LARGO, Florida — This time, she found herself on the wrong side of the law.

A nearly-20-year veteran Florida cop was fired after she was busted for driving in reverse through a quiet neighborhood and honking her horn while dead drunk, police said.

Christi Ruhtz, 41, was found behind the wheel with bloodshot, glassy eyes and reeking of booze early Sunday morning after cops received calls from neighbor’s complaining about the disturbance, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s office.

Ruhtz, who had worked for the sheriff’s office since 1998, agreed to perform field sobriety tests but failed miserably, the department said. A Breathalyzer test revealed a blood alcohol level of .14, nearly double the legal limit of.08.

She was charged with DUI and placed in cuffs. Ruhtz was fired immediately after the arrest, in accordance with department policy, the sheriff said.

Ruhtz worked as a lieutenant in the Sheriff’s public records processing unit.

 

Lunch Lady Gives Up 1st Amendment Fight Over Nude Pics She Sent to 15-Year-Old

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Lunch lady Krista Ann Muccio argued it was her right to send nude pics to a 15-year-old

HASTINGS, Minnesota — Even in America, there are limits to free speech.

A former middle school lunch lady pleaded guilty to sending nude photos a 15-year-old student after fighting the constitutionality of the state’s sexting laws.

Krista Ann Muccio, 44, of Inver Grove Heights, had argued that the photos and texts were protected under the first amendment.

Last year, the state Supreme Court ruled that the law did not violate the constitution.

“This statute was enacted for the important purpose of prohibiting sexually explicit speech directed at a child that is intended to cause sexual arousal. We are pleased to bring Krista Muccio to justice for violating this law,” Dakota County Attorney James Backstrom said.

Muccio will be sentenced on April 6.

She was busted in March 2015, for sharing the explicit photos with the 15-year-old boy through Instagram’s direct message feature in late 2014. She then asked the boy for “something in return,” prompting him to share explicit photos with her, according to the criminal complaint.

The teenager had known Muccio as the lunch lady since the eighth grade, and she began communicating with him on Instagram in June 2014, the complaint said.

Cops began an investigation after the boy’s father found the photos on an iPad.

Florida Father-Daughter Busted Having Sex in Full Public View

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Taylor (l) and Justin Bunn have been charged with incest

PANAMA CITY, Florida —  A father and his daughter have been arrested on incest charges in Florida after police say they were caught having sex in their backyard.

Justin Bunn, 39, and his 19-year-old daughter, Taylor Bunn, were taken into custody after witnesses spotted them having sex in the missionary position in full public view in the yard, the Northwest Florida Daily News reported.

Both father and daughter confessed to having consensual sex but claimed it was “an isolated incident,” according to the police report.

The Bunns have been ordered to stay away from each other.

Female Florida Teacher Busted Having Affair With 8th Grade Boy

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Science teacher Stephanie Peterson sent the boy racy pictures via Snapchat and Instagram

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Florida — A hot-to-trot middle school teacher has been busted for carrying on an affair with an 8th grade student and sending him nude pictures of herself, police said.

Stephanie Peterson, 26, who is married, was busted after the 14-year-old student told his parents about the the ongoing affair that began in November, the Volusia County Sheriff’s office said.

The situation came to light when the boy broke down crying during a joking conversation about a teacher molesting a student, telling his mother, “anyone could molest you,” according to the police report.

“The parents got wind of it, and they confronted the teacher about breaking off he relationship,” Sheriff Mike Chitwood told WKMG-TV. “We believe that sometime in January, they either resumed or continued the relationship. At that point, the family came to the police.”

The boy told police that Peterson, who worked as a science teacher at the New Smyrna Middle School and also is known as Stephanie Ferri, would send him nude pictures via Snapchat and Instagram.

He said they carried on their relationship late at night when Peterson’s husband was working, with her picking the boy up around 11 p.m. and bringing him back home at 2 a.m.

Peterson told the boy not to tell anyone about their relationship or they’d get in trouble. She also bought him marijuana and  a pipe to smoke it, and authorities say his grades suffered after the relationship started.

Peterson resigned from the school following her arrest.