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'Naked' Bettendorf man faces felony charges after stealing boat, untying barge ropes
The Quad City Times ^
| August 12, 2019
| Tara Becker-Gray
Posted on 08/12/2019 5:12:27 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
A 43-year-old Bettendorf man is facing felony charges after police say he stole a boat and floated down river into the Interstate 74 construction area while naked and untied several ropes that held together the barges Sunday.
Tobias Tyrone Hartsfield, last known address in the 2200 block of Grant Street, was booked into the Scott County Jail around 9:30 p.m. on charges of first-degree theft, first-degree criminal mischief and second-degree mischief.
At 8 p.m. Sunday, Bettendorf police responded to the I-74 Mississippi River Bridge project barges near the Isle of Capri Casino, 1777 Isle Parkway, for a report of a naked male who had jumped from a boat onto the barges and was unhooking the ropes that hold them together.
Police allege in arrest affidavits filed in Scott County District Court that Hartsfield stole a 1985 Marinette cabin motorboat from the Isle Marina and floated it down river, where the boat struck and came to rest against the bridge project barges.
The boat sustained damages of between $1,500 and $10,000.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Conspiracy; Local News; Miscellaneous; Outdoors; Society; Travel; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: barges; bettendorf; construction; i74; iowa; mischief; nakedman; theft; tobiashartsfield
To: 100American; al baby; Allegra; BufordP; EveningStar; Gefn; GunsareOK; JRios1968; Lazamataz; ...
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posted on
08/12/2019 5:13:45 PM PDT
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(Show me the people who own the land, the guns and the money, and I'll show you the people in charge.)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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posted on
08/12/2019 5:14:04 PM PDT
by
BipolarBob
(Heaven has gates, walls and immigration policy but Hell has an open border policy. Food for thought.)
To: BipolarBob
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posted on
08/12/2019 5:15:34 PM PDT
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(Show me the people who own the land, the guns and the money, and I'll show you the people in charge.)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
“The suspect was a tall man”
And he appeared to be carrying George Stephenapolous in a belly pack that he was wearing kind of low.
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posted on
08/12/2019 5:18:18 PM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Is Bettendorf full of Muslims now?
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posted on
08/12/2019 5:19:31 PM PDT
by
virgil
(The evil that men do lives after them)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
TOBIAS TYRONE HARTSFIELD
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posted on
08/12/2019 5:20:25 PM PDT
by
csvset
(tolerance becomes a crime when attached to evil)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
He wuz looking for Huck Finn.
To: csvset
Looks more like n-word Jim...
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posted on
08/12/2019 5:25:39 PM PDT
by
bigbob
(Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
To: csvset
Quad Cities area has been “diverse” for a long time.
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posted on
08/12/2019 5:28:00 PM PDT
by
GnuThere
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
“....booked into the Scott County Jail around 9:30 p.m. on charges of first-degree theft, first-degree criminal mischief and second-degree mischief. ...”
I thought mischief is what little kids do?
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posted on
08/12/2019 5:28:27 PM PDT
by
Bonemaker
(invictus maneo)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks; SaveFerris; PROCON; FredZarguna; mylife; Lil Flower; Corky Ramirez; ...
Untying lines?
Living out his fantasy of being a land guy?
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posted on
08/12/2019 5:29:46 PM PDT
by
Gamecock
(In church today, we so often find we meet only the same old world, not Christ and His Kingdom. AS)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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posted on
08/12/2019 5:33:51 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Right across the river from the Rock Island Arsenal.
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posted on
08/12/2019 5:42:37 PM PDT
by
csvset
(tolerance becomes a crime when attached to evil)
To: virgil
No, somebody asked what country this was, I made a joke.
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posted on
08/12/2019 5:50:34 PM PDT
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(Show me the people who own the land, the guns and the money, and I'll show you the people in charge.)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Florida man is branching out.
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posted on
08/12/2019 5:58:35 PM PDT
by
Flick Lives
(MSM, the Enemy of the People since 1898)
To: Bonemaker
This kind of behavior generally requires copious quantities of alcohol or some kind of psychedelic drug. More charges may be added after the tox report comes back from the lab, if the authorities were able to get a sample.
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posted on
08/12/2019 6:16:05 PM PDT
by
Qout
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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posted on
08/12/2019 7:46:24 PM PDT
by
tellw
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