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A Jacksonville, Florida man has been accused of masturbating in a grocery store parking lot and attacking an elderly man who tried to get him to stop.

39-year-old Kerry Vandergriff was in the parking lot of the Miami Mexican grocery store Fresco Y Mas last Saturday afternoon when an elderly man allegedly saw him with his pants pulled down.

The man went up to Vandergriff and reportedly told him to cease his public sexual self-gratification and Vandergriff allegedly became upset by the request, issuing a punch to the senior citizen.

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A woman from Dunedin, Florida who works at a strip club as an exotic dancer allegedly kicked her manager in the groin with her platform stiletto-heeled shoe when he tried to send her home from work for drinking too heavily on the job.

35-year-old Lakiesha Ortiz works as an exotic entertainer at the Sinsations gentlemen’s club in Clearwater.

When Ortiz was at work on Saturday, her manager believed she had been drinking. He asserted that she imbibed so much alcohol that she had become intoxicated to the point that he felt she should leave the establishment for the duration of the night.

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When a woman emerged from her home with a firearm after hearing neighbors outside engaged in a fight, the weapon accidentally discharged a bullet that struck and severely injured her 13-year-old son.

On November 19, a resident reportedly spotted an unwelcome person standing outside of his apartment complex and decided to approach the man.

The two men allegedly got into a scuffle involving physical force and made enough noise to call attention to themselves causing alarm to a nearby woman whose teenage son was outside.

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The uncle of a little league ballplayer was accused of assaulting the umpire of his nephew’s game when he disagreed with a call made by the official.

On November 15, a little league game was played at the Highland City Ball Park in Lakeland, Florida.

The umpire officiating the game made a call that reportedly caused the uncle of one of the players to get angry, and the man allegedly decided to confront the umpire after the game concluded.

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A man involved in a brutal fight with employees of a McDonald’s may be paralyzed for the rest of his life as a result of the assault.

62-year-old Marc Conn and his girlfriend Billie Joe Goldsworthy visited a McDonald’s located in Pittsburgh on Monday night.

While the couple was inside the restaurant, Conn reportedly began to argue with another patron. During the altercation, Conn tried to protect his girlfriend and remove her from harm’s way, and the employees of the establishment reportedly decided to intervene.

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A Disney World employee has accused a man who was a patron of the park of making her feel uncomfortable and groping her while she was dressed as Princess Ariel.

On November 2, in the Orlando Disney World Ariel’s Grotto attraction, a man and his wife entered and desired a photo with the princess.

When it became their turn to pose with the person dressed as Ariel, the pair reportedly sat on either side of her and crowded her to the point that she allegedly felt awkward about the interaction.

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When a man accused of neglecting his canine was visited by an animal control officer, he allegedly detained her in his home and brandished weapons while threatening the lives of the police and his neighbors.

On October 8, Palm Beach County Animal Care and Control sent an officer to inspect a report about a man who might be failing to give proper care to his dog.

When the officer arrived, the man, identified as 43-year-old Brian Tran, did not appear to be home at the time. A short time after, the officer said Tran returned to the residence in his vehicle and she believed he drove the car in her direction in an attempt to display aggression.

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A Florida man has been accused of causing his neighbors to fear for their lives after allegedly threatening them with a pellet gun.

On October 28, New Port Richey resident Derick Wade Tidwell allegedly pulled a pellet gun that operates with air-power on his neighbors and threatened to kill them, but they reportedly believed that the gun was a shotgun or rifle and that they were in serious danger. The 46-year-old allegedly told them, “I’m going to put you in the ground.”

The Pasco County Sheriff’s Office intervened and placed Tidwell under arrest for the accusation, and he was transported to the Land O’Lakes Detention Center.

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A woman who was the alleged long-time victim of sex trafficking has additionally accused her abuser of forcing her to clean herself with bleach after the sexual encounters took place.

On Saturday night in Cantonment, Florida, Escambia County sheriffs went to a home to check on a situation involving a possible domestic violence incident.

When they arrived at the home, the deputies met with a woman who confirmed that she lived there. The woman was reported as visibly upset and crying.

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A man wearing a Trump mask at a public event was allegedly unexpectedly struck

in the face by a teenage girl while her friends recorded video of the incident, and

the suspect is now facing charges.

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