Armless Florida Artist Accused of Stabbing Chicago Man With Scissors Using Feet

A homeless Florida artist was charged Tuesday with using his feet to stab a Chicago man with a pair of scisorrs, authorities said.

Jonathan Dale Crenshaw, 46, was arrested Tuesday in the 200 block of Lincoln Road. He was charged with aggravated battery.

According to a friend of the victim, the man was asking Crenshaw for directions in South Beach when Crenshaw suddenly stabbed him in the arm and fled on foot, the police report said.

Cesar Coronado, who is visiting from Chicago, said his vacation began with a trip to the hospital.

"I'm not from here and this is not what I came for. I came for a vacation," Coronado told NBC 6 Wednesday. "I just said 'do you know where this is?' but as soon as I talked, the only thing he reacted was he just cut me."

Officers responded to the scene and found Crenshaw nearby. Crenshaw said he was lying down when a man came up and punched him in the head, so he pulled the scissors out of a suitcase with his feet and stabbed the man twice to defend himself, the report said.

"Why would I go and attack someone else? No, no, I wouldn't do that," Coronado said. "It’s like how the hell did I get stabbed? Like, is it the right guy at that point? Because I cant believe with his legs someone could do that."

Crenshaw said he put the scissors in his waistband and walked off quickly, the report said. He was booked into jail where he remained held on $7,500 bond Wednesday, records showed. Attorney information wasn't available.

Crenshaw was profiled in 2011 by the Miami New Times, which showed him using his feet to draw and paint.

Today we went to White Lake for swimming and picnicking.

After I took this picture, we walked back to the path from this wooden observation platform at the waters edge, a man approached me little too direct and a little too quick as if he was waiting. He asked me: Are you courageous?

I thought about the weapon I carry and told him: I'm doing alright.
Turned out he was a Jehovah Witness so I took his pamphlet and we moved on, quickly.

Fish.

I was leading my daughter to the water for a swim and just before stepping into the water (off to the side of these water fowl) one of the swans came floating at me a little too direct and a little too quick and hissed at me so we backed off (I no longer had my weapon) and then they moved on and we went swimming.

We were swimming and playing in the water for about 20 minutes when I noticed some other people arrived. So I told my daughter let's go out and sit with Luna, because she had begun barking too much. She don't like being separated from my daughter but eventually will calm down. Luna calmed down and my daughter asked to go back in and since I had to pee I said: Sure why not?

However, after 10 minutes I noticed my daughter's jaw was shivering and her lips actually looked a little blue so I told her to swim but that wasn't helping. At that time it was cloudy with very light drizzle. But my app said the Sun would come out (later it did). We went out of the water and then I realized I forgot to pee. So I told my wife I wanted a picture of me in the lake with the fountain in the background. Now I had an excuse to go back and pee. I told her, I'll give give a thumbs up.

But when I turned, while peeing and going to be done doing that and give thumbs up, she gave me the thumbs up instead and walked off having taken the picture, of me peeing in the lake. A misunderstanding. I probably could have left out the pee story. Sorry.

If the three legged dog doesn't bite food from your hand the toy poodle puppy will.
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We took a short walk and found this.
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and a sprinkler park we will definitely come back to. pic1, pic2, pic3 (these sprinklers turn on and off, except for one, and have different types of water sprinkles.

place also has what I call a "Jungle Jim" (a seat hung from a wheel attached to a cable). I think the best one I have seen.
pic1, pic2
pic3, pic4
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Another looking point.

Thank You to my Daughter who was in many of the pictures!

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