COPS CORNER: Man torches picnic table

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Oct. 12

Man torches picnic table

6 p.m. First block of Florida Park Drive

Arson. A deputy responded to a complaint that someone lit a picnic table on fire at a local park. On his way to the park, the deputy passed a 20-year-old man who fit the description of the suspect.

The deputy stopped the man, who denied lighting the fire and said he'd just been smoking a cigarette at the park pavilion.

But the park's surveillance footage showed otherwise, revealing that the man sat at the table trying to get it to light, then walked away after a flame caught. The deputy arrested him.

Oct. 13

Man with no license caught speeding with open beer

12:32 p.m. 1200 block of State Road A1A

Driving on a suspended license, open container. A deputy was driving south on S.R. A1A when a car passed him heading in the other direction at a high rate of speed.

The deputy pulled over the car, and noticed the driver fidgeting as the deputy approached. 

The male driver admitted that he didn't have a driver's license.

When the deputy checked the car, there was a cooler in the back seat containing opened beers, including a still-cold one in a beer cozy. The deputy arrested the man.

 

 

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