Our Favorite Florida Man, Florida Tattoo Man, Was Arrested Again
This Florida Man, 24 year old Matthew Leatham was the guy that was arrested last year for calling 911 because he needed a ride home. He actually called twice and yelled at the dispatcher. Pasco County Sheriff’s picked him up and brought him to jail for misuse of the 911 system and possession of marijuana. Well, he’s back in the news. We call him Florida Tattoo Man, because, well, you know. Reasons.
Up in Hudson, Matthew got in a fight with his friend. Hudson is just north of Clearwater. Acting in self defense (so he says), Matthew attacked his friend with a razor blade. Surveillance video verified this. Matthew’s friend will be ok, but did need staples to close the wound on his neck. As reported by Local 10, “Leatham was charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and transported to the Land O’ Lakes jail.”
Yes, that’s a real tattoo of Florida in the middle of his forehead. The tattoo seems incomplete to me. He should have “Flo” over one eye. “Grown” over the other. That would complete the look.
That’s not a knock on Flo Grown, either. That is to say I love your stuff. I’m just saying, if this guy is going to have his mugshot posted once a year there’s a marketing angle. Florida Tattoo Man could help sell t shirts and hats.
Additionally, Here’s more from Florida Man
Florida Man Returns Rental Car, Leaving Toddler In Back Seat
Volusia County Deputies arrested a Florida Man after Hertz rental car employees found a toddler in the back seat of a returned vehicle. The grandfather returned the car to the Daytona Beach International Airport rental lot. He somehow forgot that he had a child in the backseat. Here’s the report from the Volusia Sheriff’s Office:
“Employees at a car rental lot at Daytona Beach International Airport discovered a toddler who was left in the back seat of a returned vehicle for about 45 minutes Monday evening. The child was scared and hot, but thankfully in good health when checked by paramedics.
Deputies assigned to the airport responded to the Hertz rental lot around 6 p.m. Monday. A Hertz employee reported the toddler was found in a locked vehicle in the car return lot. Deputies arrived to find the employee carrying the child, whose face was warm and streaked with dried tears, but was breathing normally.
The vehicle had been returned at 5:13 p.m., and deputies and airport staff initially were unable to make contact with the driver. Then a call came in from the child’s mother, who had just learned her father had left her daughter in the rental car – not at his home, as he’d told her. The mother was on her way to the airport immediately to be reunited with her child, who is just under the age of 2.
The Florida Man was babysitting his granddaughter
Through interviews and airport security video footage, detectives confirmed that 62-year-old David Towner of Port Orange had been babysitting his granddaughter for the day. He left her in the rental vehicle when he returned it. Towner was remorseful and cooperative with deputies. He was charged with one count of child neglect and transported to the Volusia County Branch Jail.
The temperature in the unshaded parking lot at the time of the incident was about 80 degrees.
The child was returned to her mother and the Department of Children and Families was notified of the incident. Sheriff
Mike Chitwood will be issuing citizens awards to the Hertz employees involved in the incident.”
I’m guessing the Florida Man in the rental car won’t be babysitting again any time soon.
Joe Winner spends his days combing through memes and off beat stories to bring you the side of Florida not always seen.
