A Florida man with a prior felony drug conviction allegedly tried to explain that the heroin the police reportedly found in his car was chocolate laxative.
29-year-old Steven Coplen resides in Crestview, Florida. He was released in May after serving a prison term for theft and drug charges.
Around 3:30 pm on January 30, Coplen was driving his truck around town when he was pulled over for reportedly sporting expired registration tags.
40-year-old Vincent Lee Howard Jr. lives in Orlando with his wife, and he has a 3-year-old child with his ex-girlfriend.
On January 3, Howard and his former flame reportedly got into a heated three-way argument on the telephone with the woman’s new boyfriend.
A naked man on the Interstate reportedly stole the vehicle of an officer that tried to help him and crashed the car into a wooded area before being detained.
Late in the morning on January 21, an officer with the Jacksonville County Sheriff’s Office was driving down Interstate 10 when he saw a nude man on the ground near the shoulder of the road.
The officer pulled over and left his keys in the vehicle when he went to see if the man required assistance.
A felon in Florida reportedly used a gun to abduct a mother, father, and their 18-year-old daughter and fled with the teen after dumping her parents on the side of the road.
37-year-old Jaddier T. Sanchez is a felon who served a 15-year prison sentence for armed robbery with a deadly weapon, and he was released from the Palm County Jail in May. Sanchez was also previously sentenced to incarceration for stalking and burglary charges.
On January 17, the Martinez family was returning to their Pembroke Pines residence.
A Florida inmate was taken to the hospital for surgery and reportedly got his hands on a janitorial outfit to disguise himself while allegedly escaping from custody.
39-year-old Jermaine Henderson hails from Miami, and he is on probation for a case involving an armed robbery.
On January 5, Henderson was driving through town when two officers saw him and asserted that he was not wearing his seatbelt while operating the vehicle.
A man who said he did not have any drugs on him was taken into custody after two baggies of what was purported to be “Molly” allegedly dropped from his pants while he was standing in front of law enforcement agents.
In the evening on December 22, 44-year-old Travis Bernard Holton was reportedly driving his Ford Fusion down U.S. Highway 1 in Grassy Key, Florida.
A deputy with the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office was driving near Holton’s car when they reportedly noticed that the vehicle’s license plate was not properly illuminated.
A Florida man seeking assistance from Best Buy’s Geek Squad was denied service and arrested after he allegedly refused to wear a face mask, and reportedly coughed, sneezed, and covered items in the store with his fluids.
Around noon on December 5, 51-year-old Alton Ashby from Palm Bay had an appointment with the Geek Squad at a nearby Best Buy store.
When Ashby arrived without a face covering, he went to an employee for service and was told that he would have to wear a mask in the store.
Dalton Ayers, 23, an inmate at the Florida Department of Corrections state prison, was convicted for possession of ammunition as a convicted felon, and petit theft.
Ayers, who is serving a 14-month sentence from the conviction, was on an outdoor work detail at the beginning of December.
Last week in Haines, Florida, a man was reportedly seen driving a backhoe on a street in a Black neighborhood.
Several lawns were displaying signs showing support for Joe Biden in the presidential election.
A man is facing criminal charges after allegedly striking his significant other with the guts of a pumpkin during a domestic dispute.
26-year-old Nathan Garisto resides in Largo, Florida with his 29-year-old girlfriend.
Early in the morning on October 19, Garisto reportedly consumed a large quantity of alcohol before he and his girlfriend became verbally combative towards each other.
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