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St. Petersburg Police Accuse Woman, 22, of 'Vampire' Attack on Man
St. Petersburg Times ^ | Friday, September 9, 2011 | Danny Valentine

Posted on 09/09/2011 11:06:52 AM PDT by nickcarraway

The vampire attacked just before midnight on the porch of a vacant Hooters.

Milton Ellis, 69, was sleeping in his motorized wheelchair when he awoke to find Josephine Rebecca Smith, 22, of Pensacola on top of him, said police spokesman Mike Puetz.

She told Ellis she was a vampire and bit his face and neck. She bit off chunks of his face and part of his lip, Puetz said.

Ellis managed to escape and called for help at a nearby Shell gas station, where he had just met Smith. Face bloodied, he directed police to the Hooters at 10400 Roosevelt Blvd. N.

Police found Smith there, half naked and covered in blood, but uninjured. They said she had no idea what happened or why her clothes were off. Ellis said she was dressed when he last saw her, police said.

Ellis first encountered Smith after a relative dropped her off the Shell station, at Roosevelt Boulevard N and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street N, police said. Smith tried calling a relative in Pensacola to pick her up. Ellis invited her to hang out with him at the vacant Hooters until someone picked her up. He eventually fell asleep.

Smith was arrested on a charge of aggravated battery on an elderly person. Bail was set at $50,000.

Ellis, who needed stitches after the attack, has been arrested numerous times in Pinellas County for offenses including panhandling, disorderly intoxication, trespassing and possession of an open container.


TOPICS: Local News; Miscellaneous; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: floriduh; nosfloratu; vampire

1 posted on 09/09/2011 11:06:57 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
Police found Smith there, half naked and covered in blood, but uninjured. They said she had no idea what happened or why her clothes were off.

For some reason, the phrase, "meth psychosis" comes to mind.
2 posted on 09/09/2011 11:09:13 AM PDT by Signalman
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To: nickcarraway
Call it FReepers!


3 posted on 09/09/2011 11:09:48 AM PDT by null and void (Day 958 of America's holiday from reality...)
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To: nickcarraway
Wait, wait, wait.

Something about this story does not ring true.

A VACANT Hooters?

What's up with that?

4 posted on 09/09/2011 11:14:48 AM PDT by WayneS (Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm. -- James Madison)
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To: WayneS
Ellis, who needed stitches after the attack, has been arrested numerous times in Pinellas County for offenses including panhandling, disorderly intoxication, trespassing and possession of an open container.

I am wondering why they felt it necessary to include this information. I mean if he had a record that included soliciting prostitutes, that would be one thing. This guy is a heavy drinking bum, but I don't see how that mitigates being attacked by a crazy b#$%h that has seen too many "Twilight" movies.

5 posted on 09/09/2011 11:20:02 AM PDT by USNBandit (sarcasm engaged at all times)
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To: null and void; Lazamataz

Laz would hit that with the force of a large mallet hammering a wooden stake through the heart. ;-)


6 posted on 09/09/2011 11:25:13 AM PDT by OB1kNOb (To some, George Orwell's story, "1984" is a cautionary tale. To others, it's a "how to" manual.)
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To: OB1kNOb

Hopefully after he fitted her with a suitable muzzle!


7 posted on 09/09/2011 11:29:28 AM PDT by Max in Utah (A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.)
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To: nickcarraway

Gee, hate it when that happens.

Well at least we can thank ADA that he got his motorized wheel chair on the porch.

Should we inquire as to where this motorized wheel chair came from? He lives in it?

Is this classified as a ‘mobile home’?

Other than that, at least the story makes sense??


8 posted on 09/09/2011 11:33:24 AM PDT by xrmusn ((6/98) If govt involved, the more outlandish a scheme appears, the truer it probably is.)
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To: null and void
This person is 22 years old?&bnsp;&bnsp;Man, they must have been 22 very hard years.
9 posted on 09/09/2011 11:38:15 AM PDT by softwarecreator
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To: nickcarraway; windcliff
This sounds like a job for McGruff the Crime Dog who needs to Take a THE Bite Out of Crime.
10 posted on 09/09/2011 11:39:34 AM PDT by I Drive Too Fast
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To: null and void

GUILTY


11 posted on 09/09/2011 12:08:19 PM PDT by wolfman23601
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To: USNBandit

I think they had to provide the backgound on the victim, because the reader would be left with the nagging question:

Who the hell in their right mind sleeps in a motorized wheelchair in front of a boarded up Hooters?

Without context, it sounds like a frat house prank.


12 posted on 09/09/2011 12:34:23 PM PDT by Salvavida (The restoration of the U.S.A. starts with filling the pews at every Bible-believing church.)
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To: Salvavida

They didn’t give that much background on the attacker.


13 posted on 09/09/2011 12:43:02 PM PDT by USNBandit (sarcasm engaged at all times)
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