Polk Man Hides Legless Fugitive Girlfriend In Plastic Tote

WINTER HAVEN, FL -- A Winter Haven man has been arrested for trying to hide his legless fugitive girlfriend in a plastic storage container.

Krystle Lee Anderson, 39, who is wanted in Orange County, was found in the home of her boyfriend, John Robert Carr, 48, concealed in a plastic storage bin.

A warrant was issued for Anderson's arrest for failing to appear in court on charges of armed kidnapping, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon on a law enforcement officer and false imprisonment.

The charges stem from a 2015 incident in which she reportedly held several people hostage at gunpoint inside a Burger King. Her firearm was later discovered to be a BB gun. The hostage situation led to Anderson getting shot by an Ococee Police officer and having both legs amputated.

On Tuesday, May 8, Polk County Sheriff's deputies received a tip that Anderson may be hiding at her boyfriend's house. When deputies arrived, Carr claimed Anderson wasn't there but deputies said they saw him put the 4 foot tall, 112-pound woman in a plastic storage bin without prosthetic legs in a bedroom of the home.

Anderson was taken into custody without incident. She was booked into the Polk County Jail to be held for transfer to Orange County.

Carr was charged with resisting arrest without violence.

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