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Drunk tourist sexually molests manatee statue at Florida restaurant after being asked to leave, deputies say
Fox 35 Orlando ^ | Dec 12, 2023 | Dani Medina

Posted on 12/14/2023 11:01:07 AM PST by Nifty

...The man from Pittsburgh is accused of throwing gator nuggets into Rick's Reef Restaurant – and deputies found more of them in his pants pocket when he was arrested. According to the Rick's Reef Restaurant menu, "gator bites" are pieces of fresh, fried gator.

When staff confronted Lessa, he "became belligerent" and "sexually molested" a manatee statue in the presence of staff and other patrons, the affidavit said.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: florida; manatee; steelersfan; tourism
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How far society is falling. Even drunk, unruly behavior these days is twisted.
1 posted on 12/14/2023 11:01:07 AM PST by Nifty
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To: Nifty

Was it huge?


2 posted on 12/14/2023 11:01:38 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: Nifty

Temporary Florida Man!


3 posted on 12/14/2023 11:02:03 AM PST by Uncle Miltie (islam is a totalitarian death cult founded by a child rapist.)
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To: Nifty

This is Florida.

We have enough homegrown crazies here, we don’t need to import more from Pennsylvania................


4 posted on 12/14/2023 11:02:46 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while l aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Uncle Miltie

5 posted on 12/14/2023 11:03:23 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while l aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: BenLurkin

6 posted on 12/14/2023 11:03:54 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while l aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Nifty

How does one ‘sexually molest’ a statue?

(This guy sounds like a drug case.)


7 posted on 12/14/2023 11:04:01 AM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Nifty

Is the statue filing charges?


8 posted on 12/14/2023 11:04:33 AM PST by texanyankee
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To: Nifty

Naw having spent 33 year in Law enforcement.

We had the same things happening.

It just that it wasn’t spread across the world by the internet.


9 posted on 12/14/2023 11:04:47 AM PST by riverrunner
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Possible DANG!


10 posted on 12/14/2023 11:05:49 AM PST by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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To: Nifty

When in Florida, do as the Floridians do.


11 posted on 12/14/2023 11:06:05 AM PST by READINABLUESTATE (Make orwell fiction again)
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To: Nifty

There is drunk and there is “molest the manatee statue” drunk


12 posted on 12/14/2023 11:07:02 AM PST by AppyPappy (Biden told Al Roker "America is back". Unfortunately, he meant back to the 1970's)
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To: Nifty

I hope he calls the manatee in the morning.


13 posted on 12/14/2023 11:07:15 AM PST by crusty old prospector
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To: Red Badger

He’s still flushed from the experience. His mama must be so proud.


14 posted on 12/14/2023 11:07:59 AM PST by bgill
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To: Nifty

To be fair, it takes a while to find the business portal on a manatee.


15 posted on 12/14/2023 11:08:41 AM PST by blackdog ((Z28.310) My dog Sam eats purple flowers.)
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To: bgill

In Florida, it’s against the law to molest manatees............


16 posted on 12/14/2023 11:08:47 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while l aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Nifty

That’s a headline you don’t see every day.


17 posted on 12/14/2023 11:08:54 AM PST by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: Nifty

On this day, the State of Florida grants you the title of Honorary Florida Man.


18 posted on 12/14/2023 11:09:00 AM PST by Clay Moore (My pistol identifies as a cordless hole punch. )
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19 posted on 12/14/2023 11:09:03 AM PST by lowbridge ("Let’s check with Senator Schumer before we run it" - NY Times)
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To: Nifty

Sounds like one of Fetterman’s boyz taking out some crap on De Santos’s Floridians.


20 posted on 12/14/2023 11:10:34 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (The damage Biden and his freak show is doing to America is not reversable.)
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