Post by scoot on Sept 17, 2009 8:29:48 GMT 10
Florida Deputies Stop Nude Motorcyclist
Man Tells Authorities He Lost His Clothing
Posted: 11:42 am EDT September 16, 2009Updated: 12:38 pm EDT September 16, 2009
Authorities in central Florida say they caught a biker hitting the open road in just his birthday suit.
Capt. Mike Rolls of the Marion County Sheriff's Office was driving along Highway 200 in Ocala, Fla., on Tuesday morning when he noticed 45-year-old Dante Kraus riding his motorcycle and did a double-take.
"I asked him what happened to his clothing and he said he lost them," said Capt. Mike Rolls. "You could see from his feet, which were bare, all the way up to his shoulders that he didn't have any clothing on."
Rolls said Kraus didn't appear to be concerned, even after the patrol car pulled alongside him. Instead, he got on an interstate highway, exited one exit later and then ran a red light, Rolls said.
Rolls said the man told him he had just come from a Hooters restaurant when he was stopped.
Kraus was given sobriety tests, which authorities said he failed, and deputies found him clothing and took him to the Marion County Jail. The arrest was Kraus' fifth for driving under the influence, authorities said.
"Everyday thousands of day of people drive down busy streets like this and of those its difficult to say how many might be under the influence of alcohol," Rolls said. "But it's safe to say Kraus didn't help himself blend in too much by being naked on a motorcycle."
Man Tells Authorities He Lost His Clothing
Posted: 11:42 am EDT September 16, 2009Updated: 12:38 pm EDT September 16, 2009
Authorities in central Florida say they caught a biker hitting the open road in just his birthday suit.
Capt. Mike Rolls of the Marion County Sheriff's Office was driving along Highway 200 in Ocala, Fla., on Tuesday morning when he noticed 45-year-old Dante Kraus riding his motorcycle and did a double-take.
"I asked him what happened to his clothing and he said he lost them," said Capt. Mike Rolls. "You could see from his feet, which were bare, all the way up to his shoulders that he didn't have any clothing on."
Rolls said Kraus didn't appear to be concerned, even after the patrol car pulled alongside him. Instead, he got on an interstate highway, exited one exit later and then ran a red light, Rolls said.
Rolls said the man told him he had just come from a Hooters restaurant when he was stopped.
Kraus was given sobriety tests, which authorities said he failed, and deputies found him clothing and took him to the Marion County Jail. The arrest was Kraus' fifth for driving under the influence, authorities said.
"Everyday thousands of day of people drive down busy streets like this and of those its difficult to say how many might be under the influence of alcohol," Rolls said. "But it's safe to say Kraus didn't help himself blend in too much by being naked on a motorcycle."