Naked man wielding machete and picking berries in Florida He was arrested after trying to rob another man's clothes, wallet and phone.
The Volusia Sheriff's Office issued a news release.
The man told police the suspect was picking berries in the woods and pulled him out of the bushes with a machete. When the suspect "threw a machete at him along with a handful of palmetto berries," the victim began to comply. rice field.
Naked armed robbery suspect arrested: August 8, 2022Naked suspect in attempted armed robbery Arrested at DELAND Gas Station A A nude suspect who threw a machete at a surveyor and tried to take his clothes was taken into custody at a Deland gas station on Monday after approaching several passing vehicles.Monday Delegates responded after investigators reported a naked man approached with a large machete-style knife in the area across from the Volusia County Fairgrounds shortly before 10 a.m. The victim said the suspect was picking palmetto berries in the woods, but eventually fled the bush, brandishing a machete and demanding clothes, a wallet, and a phone. The suspect threw a machete at him along with a handful of palmetto berries, he said. The handle of the machete hit the victim's chest and rebounded without injury. The suspect dove into a bush and got into a white Dodge Challenger. Meanwhile, the responding deputy recognized that the situation and description of the suspects were similar to the August 2021 phone call involving Brandon Wright running around naked in the same area. The vehicle passed a license plate reader in the DeLand area, and shortly thereafter, a naked man was reported to be outside the DeLand gas station at 899 S. Spring Garden Avenue. Air his one spotted a light above his head and updated his position until DeLand's police officers arrived on the scene. Wright lay down in the police parking lot and was taken into custody without incident. Wright (born November 23, 1987) has been charged with attempted robbery with a lethal weapon, aggravated assault with a lethal weapon, and aggravated assault with a lethal weapon. , was transferred to the Volusia County Branch Jail. this writing. His previous convictions include kidnapping/wrongful imprisonment (2009), possession of cocaine (2013 and 2018), possession of firearms/ammunition by a convicted felon and battery to law enforcement officers. Possession (2018) and non-violent police resistance (2021).
Posted by Volusia Sheriff's OfficeTuesday, 9 August 2022
Whether the blade was sharp enough or the victim had a chest of steel. I had. He was unharmed after a machete handle bounced off his chest, police said.
The suspect, still naked, fled the scene, flew into the woods and jumped into his car, but a police helicopter tracked him to a nearby gas station.
"He's doing push-ups here at the grocery store entrance," the pilot says in the video.
This footage also shows a man walking in the middle of the street as the driver tries to avoid/get a good look at him. Wright lay on the ground next to his car and surrendered without incident.
Brandon Wright, who he linked to a similar nudity incident in 2021, was arrested for resisting officers without violence.
He also has a prior conviction for kidnapping, cocaine possession, and assaulting a law enforcement officer, the sheriff's office said. remain.
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