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A man in Pinellas County pleaded guilty to a pair of misdemeanor charges after quarreling with police officers over his rights when he was found naked and sitting in a sidewalk garbage can.

Just before midnight on April 6, a 35-year-old man without permanent housing was hanging out in the downtown section of St. Petersburg. It was reported that even though he was arrested for similar behavior in the summer of 2011, he was quite intoxicated, and began to remove his clothing in view of the public.

In addition to shedding his garments, the man called attention to himself when he climbed inside a garbage can that was sitting on the sidewalk. Officers from the St. Petersburg Police Department learned about the situation, and they approached the man.

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A man who hailed an Uber to give him a ride home was arrested after allegedly masturbating in the vehicle and leaving the resulting sticky mess in the back seat.

On the evening of January 27, an Uber driver picked up a man who requested a ride from Tampa to his home in St. Petersburg. The driver, who does not speak English, retrieved the 46-year-old. Another individual was also sitting in one of the back seats, but their identity and reason for being there was not disclosed in the police report.

According to reports, in the middle of the ride to his house, the man pulled out his privates and began sexually pleasuring himself in the car. After allegedly masturbating to completion, he reportedly left the vehicle without cleaning up the mess.

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A Florida woman was arrested at a convenience store after allegedly entering the establishment with no clothes on while wielding a vegetable peeler, masturbating, and destroying a display case.

According to reports, on the evening of January 28., employees at a RaceTrac convenience store in St. Petersburg experienced a disturbance in their regular shift. A naked woman identified as someone who was trespassed from the location the day before reportedly strolled through the door. The employees allegedly quickly found out she was holding a vegetable peeler.

The workers reported that the alleged intruder, who they believed was intoxicated, used the peeler to threaten harm to two of them. One of the pair reported that they felt their life was at risk.

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After being released from custody after receiving one DUI charge, a Florida woman was arrested for a second DUI within the same week after allegedly slamming into a house in her vehicle.

Early in the afternoon on January 6, the authorities received a call from a concerned citizen. The person reported that they saw a woman driving near a Winn-Dixie in Pinellas County in a Hyundai with a flat and damaged front tire.

According to reports, the woman visited a liquor store on the premises, and when she was finished with her purchases she got back into the vehicle. As she started to back out of her parking space, deputies with the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office pulled into the parking lot.

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When a couple in Florida got into a tiff on Christmas Eve, the woman reportedly battered her beau with the Christmas tree when she believed he was having an affair. 

Just after 3:00 AM on December 24, a couple who have resided together for two years in St. Petersburg were in their bedroom. They reportedly began arguing because the woman suspected her boyfriend was cheating on her.   

According to the police report, “the victim separated from the defendant by leaving their shared bedroom.” He reportedly decided to go into the living room and lie on the couch so they could each have some space. 

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A Florida man who has prior felony convictions was reportedly holding a sex toy and wearing a dress when he allegedly tried to break into a woman’s home in St. Petersburg.

Just after 1:00 AM on December 15, a 69-year-old woman was at her home on the Gulf Coast when someone approached the door on the side of the house. The surveillance camera was turned on, and it reportedly recorded an individual wearing a dress with what appeared to be an erect penis in their hand. According to the police report, the alleged intruder went to the front of the residence and attempted to “open the front door by pulling down on the door handle.” He also allegedly grinded against the door and then departed from the property.

Four days later, someone believed to be the same person went into the woman’s yard, and before the police arrived, they ran off.

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A Florida man who has a long criminal history is facing charges after he allegedly pelted a convenience store worker with a piece of chicken coated with spicy sauce because he did not think it was fully cooked.

Early in the morning on December 17, a 32-year-old man from St. Petersburg walked into a local Wawa convenience store. While he was there, he ordered chicken covered with spicy Nashville sauce.

According to reports, when he received his food and began to eat it, he believed that it was undercooked. The man allegedly got angry and decided to bring it back to the counter, and he issued his complaint to the employee who initially served him. Few words were spoken before the man allegedly used the chicken to batter the worker. He allegedly threw the underprepared poultry in the direction of the employee, and it struck them in the face. The fiery sauce reportedly splashed into the worker’s eye.

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A Florida man was arrested for domestic battery after he allegedly used sausage as a ranged weapon and struck his wife with it during an argument.

It was reported that on the afternoon of December 2, a 64-year-old woman and her 61-year-old husband were together at their St. Petersburg, Florida, residence when they found themselves embroiled in an argument. According to the arrest affidavit, it was believed that the man had been drinking alcohol, but whether the police believe it may have played a part in the alleged incident is unknown.

It was additionally reported that the fight, in which the details of what caused it were not disclosed, started getting more heated, and the man allegedly grabbed sausage and threw it in the direction of his wife. The meat product reportedly hit the woman in the face.

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A man who was a pastor that runs a sober living house was accused of also running a shoplifting ring in Florida that allegedly stole more than $1 M worth of goods.

According to reports, the Rock Church and Recovery Program in St. Petersburg was founded by a now-former pastor who also ran a sober living facility. While he was in charge, the man allegedly threatened to harm some of the tenants so they would agree to steal items that he reportedly planned to resell online.

The pastor reportedly set up an eBay store named “Anointed Liquidator” for the transactions. He allegedly had his mother and wife handle some of the sales, while two of the tenants from the sober living residence went to Home Depot stores in Citrus, Hillsborough, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, and Sarasota Counties. They allegedly stole approximately $1.4 M worth of name-brand items by visiting the locations many times each day.

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The live-in ex-wife of a Florida man allegedly disturbed his sleep and left him with a bloody injury when she reportedly tore the CPAP machine off his face because she was angry.

According to reports, a man and woman who were married until 2009 recently began residing together in a home in St. Petersburg, despite the dissolution of their legal union.

It was reported that early in the morning on August 1, the 42-year-old man was sleeping in his bed with a CPAP machine attachment on his face. According to the police report, the man’s 42-year-old former spouse had been drinking alcohol, and she allegedly entered the room.

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