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Florida man jailed after abused girlfriend slips note to store clerk asking for help
FOX News ^ | November 19, 2022 | Elizabeth Pritchett

Posted on 11/19/2022 12:56:54 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

A Florida man is behind bars after his girlfriend, who was allegedly abused by him, slipped a note to a store clerk asking for help, according to Fox 13 Tampa Bay.

Mark Frumosu, 37, was arrested Tuesday and slapped with eight charges ranging from felon in possession of a firearm to aggravated assault in connection with the case. He's in jail on over $108,000 bond.

The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said Frumosu also put the woman through a "terrifying ordeal" earlier in the day, which included being held at gunpoint.

Fox 13 Tampa Bay reported a five-page arrest affidavit explained the moment the store clerk, who was a complete stranger, immediately jumped into action to help the woman in need. The woman was said to be in a long-term relationship with Frumosu.

The affidavit said the incident began when deputies made a traffic stop in Clearwater, Fla. to check on the driver. The note given to the store clerk stated the driver needed help and the police needed to be called.

According to the document, police received information stating that Frumosu was inside the vehicle and had outstanding warrants.

The affidavit also said the woman was "terrified and in fear" for hours leading up to the arrest. Frumosu reportedly pulled her hair, slammed her head into the door and "took the victim’s cellular phone, and threw it in the toilet preventing the victim from communicating a crime to law enforcement."

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Conspiracy; Local News; Miscellaneous; Society
KEYWORDS: abuse; arrest; clerk; felon; florida; floridaman; girlfriend; pinellascounty

1 posted on 11/19/2022 12:56:54 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

“Florida Man” - wait... they talking about Trump here? :P


2 posted on 11/19/2022 1:08:44 PM PST by Skywise
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Really? Looks like a fine, upstanding citizen.

Actually, if my daughter brought him home, I would move the entire family to Thermopolis Wyoming.


3 posted on 11/19/2022 1:10:26 PM PST by Kaiser8408a (z)
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To: Kaiser8408a

REMEMBER CHARLES MANSON?


4 posted on 11/19/2022 1:21:18 PM PST by rolling_stone ( ...)
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To: Kaiser8408a
Actually, if my daughter brought him home, I would make him disappear, permanently.
5 posted on 11/19/2022 1:33:21 PM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: Carriage Hill

Where I’m from, that girl’s daddy, uncle, or brother would have fed him to the gators.


6 posted on 11/19/2022 1:38:53 PM PST by clee1 (We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and don't wish to smile.)
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To: clee1

Why don’t we wait and see if he’s actually guilty of whatever the GF is accusing him of before we “feed him to the gators?” Women lie too, ya know!


7 posted on 11/19/2022 1:46:41 PM PST by Prince of Space (Let’s Go, Brandon! )
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

What bothers me about this kind of thing is the relative ease women these days with cell phones etc. have of getting men into trouble with the law. Used to be you needed evidence of some kind of crime or battery having been committed or at least witnesses before law enforcement got involved. Now it seems all it takes is a female voice crying “wolf”. I think we’ve created a monster which is vulnerable to misuse and abuse by people who are hateful and vindictive themselves but don the cloak of victimhood whenever it confers an advantage.


8 posted on 11/19/2022 1:47:20 PM PST by 4Runner
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To: Prince of Space

True.

My wife was just on a jury. Not guilty because the “victim “ was obviously lying.

The prosecution never should hav3 brought the case.


9 posted on 11/19/2022 2:01:50 PM PST by clee1 (We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and don't wish to smile.)
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To: clee1

We don’t have gators up here in PA, but we sure have a lot of space, buzzards and maggots, to take care of it.


10 posted on 11/19/2022 2:08:07 PM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: Kaiser8408a

Hey! I’ve been to Thermopolis. Pretty sleepy little place when I was there. Looked peaceful. I’d imagine the winters would be brutal though.


11 posted on 11/19/2022 2:17:18 PM PST by BipolarBob (I was born into this world with nothing . . and I still have most of it .)
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To: Prince of Space

Women lie too, ya know!

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Say it ain’t so!


12 posted on 11/19/2022 2:23:16 PM PST by Graybeard58 (Best left handed banjer picker on my whole block.)
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To: clee1

This happens too often: “The prosecution never should hav3 brought the case.”


13 posted on 11/19/2022 4:17:15 PM PST by GreatRoad ('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act' )
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To: Kaiser8408a
Looks like a fine, upstanding citizen.

Looks like a Disney villain.

14 posted on 11/19/2022 5:50:07 PM PST by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐Public hangings will wake 'em up.⭐⭐)
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