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marmar

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Tue Sep 22, 2015, 11:07 AM Sep 2015

Perhaps Florida Man doesn't have access to good public transportation......



Florida Man Drives Stolen Car To Meet Probation Officer (And Did We Mention He Had A Gun, Too?)
Florida: You continue to amaze us.

David Moye
Pop culture journalist, HuffPost Weird News




Bringing a loaded gun to a visit with a probation officer is strange, but going to the meeting in a stolen car takes things to a level that's even bizarre for Florida.

Deputies in Flagler County arrested Christopher John Smith, 38, last Monday on a probation violation charge.

Smith was sentenced to three years probation last July on charges of resisting an officer and felony battery.

Authorities said he showed up for the meeting with his parole officer with a silver Raven Arms .25 caliber pistol stuffed in a bag, according to the Daytona Beach News Journal. Police said there was no round in the chamber but there were five rounds in the magazine. ...................(more)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/florida-man-in-stolen-car-brings-loaded-gun-to-probation-officer_56003f1ce4b00310edf7e452?utm_hp_ref=weird-news


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Perhaps Florida Man doesn't have access to good public transportation...... (Original Post) marmar Sep 2015 OP
Does he get any credit for not being drunk or high? rurallib Sep 2015 #1
I'm the last person on DU to bash the south. But Glassunion Sep 2015 #2
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