Crime & Safety

Man's 'Horseplay' Lands Him in Jail

Brooksville Police say he got a little too intimate with a stuffed animal in a Walmart store.

A 19-year-old Lake Panasoffkee man spent a day in jail after Brooksville Police officers say he got up close and personal with a stuffed animal inside a Walmart.

The man was caught on surveillance video picking up a stuffed toy horse and then walking back to the 7305 Broad St. store’s bedding section. Once there, the man used the stuffed animal to masturbate, The Tampa Tribune reported.

Security cameras also recorded the man as he went back to the toy department and put the soiled horse back on a shelf, WPTV.com. That toy was β€œcontaminated and deemed unsellable,” the station reported.

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Once he was done with his business, the man tried to leave the store. Officers, however, caught up with him a short time later.

The man, the Tribune reported, admitted to the act.

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Officers arrested Sean Johnson, 19, on one count of indecent exposure in public and criminal mischief. He was booked into the Hernando County Jail Tuesday and later released on $1,500 bond, jail records indicate.

Photo Credit: Sean Johnson/Hernando County Jail

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