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Florida man with underwear around his neck accused of prowling in same yard as reported bonsai tree theft
FOX 35 Orlando ^ | January 15, 2024 | Dani Medina

Posted on 01/15/2024 12:04:54 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

CAPE CORAL, Fla. - A Florida man was arrested after he was caught lurking in a neighborhood with underwear around his neck in the same area where bonsai trees were reportedly stolen two weeks ago, according to officers.

Troy Dean Stuart, 35, was arrested and charged with one count of loitering and prowling after the incident that unfolded just before 10 p.m. on Thursday in the 2000 block of Everest Parkway in Cape Coral, police said in a news release.

Officers responded to a call from a neighbor who said a "prowler" was in their backyard near the dock, and they were spotted on the property's surveillance cameras. The man was seen wearing a gray hoodie, black shorts and a dark mask on his face as he hid behind a chair. The caller said the man came from a neighbor's backyard, deputies said.

The man, identified as Stuart, was located in an empty lot on Everest Parkway, deputies said. He was lying on his stomach between bushes near the seawall. He was wearing the same outfit the caller described, except the mask on his face was actually revealed to be a dark navy pair of underwear around his neck, Cape Coral police said.

Stuart told officers he was wearing underwear around his neck to protect his face from the cold, adding that he was in the area to exercise. He said he liked the "aesthetic" of the area and wanted to avoid cars on the road.

He also told officers he was confronted by two men and he ran away to hide from them. Officers spoke to the two men who confronted Stuart, who live nearby. One of them said he saw a man walking through his backyard, shouted and approached him. He even removed his hood to see who he was.

The other man escorted Stuart to the front yard, and that's when he ran away, according to officers.

Another neighbor told officers that they reported the theft of two bonsai trees on Jan. 6. These trees are valued at $7,000, officers said.

"The suspect was seen on surveillance video on January 11th walking toward additional bonsai plants at the same address, then fleeing from the area as if he was spooked," the news release said.

When officers went to Stuart's residents, they found several bonsai plants in the front yard. They didn't match the exact description of the stolen plants, though, according to officers. Officers weren't able to look in the backyard, as there was a tall fence.

"Stuart claimed to have no knowledge of the tree theft," officers said.

The 35-year-old man from Cape Coral has since been released from jail after posting $150 bond, arrest records show. He's expected to appear in court on the morning of Jan. 30.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Conspiracy; Local News; Miscellaneous; Outdoors; Society; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: bonsaitrees; capecoral; florida; floridaman; homeowners; theft; underwear
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1 posted on 01/15/2024 12:04:54 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Now, there’s a headline you don’t see every day..................


2 posted on 01/15/2024 12:05:39 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Florida Man is endlessly creative.


3 posted on 01/15/2024 12:09:16 PM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

He kind of looks like the guy Harold in the old Monk TV show.


4 posted on 01/15/2024 12:09:50 PM PST by OLDCU
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Your neighbor?


5 posted on 01/15/2024 12:10:57 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Underwear and bonsai trees?


6 posted on 01/15/2024 12:12:38 PM PST by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Did someone point out the obvious?


7 posted on 01/15/2024 12:14:52 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (A truth that’s told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent ~ Wm. Blake)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

How do people become this way??


8 posted on 01/15/2024 12:16:49 PM PST by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!)
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To: leaning conservative

Drugs?


9 posted on 01/15/2024 12:19:00 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, y bought, they sold ......)
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That Florida drinking water is bad.


10 posted on 01/15/2024 12:29:06 PM PST by Colt1851Navy (What was wrong with Nixon?)
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To: SaveFerris

That Florida drinking water is bad.


11 posted on 01/15/2024 12:29:07 PM PST by Colt1851Navy (What was wrong with Nixon?)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

When are they going to lock the Florida man up for good. I’m assuming he’s from the priveleged race that they don’t do that to.


12 posted on 01/15/2024 12:29:11 PM PST by Old Yeller (On judgement day, you’ll wish you were biblically correctly, not politically correct.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

One more for my “You’re Gonna Regret Clicking On This” list. It’s getting sort of long...


13 posted on 01/15/2024 12:32:00 PM PST by Billthedrill
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At least nobody gets bonsai (盆栽) and banzai (万歳) mixed up anymore. Florida Man is too smart for such an egregious blunder.


14 posted on 01/15/2024 12:33:46 PM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Maybe he identified as a bird with his pecker on his face.


15 posted on 01/15/2024 12:38:57 PM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

another runner in work boots? Go run/exercise in your own neighborhood.


16 posted on 01/15/2024 12:39:21 PM PST by ronniesgal (have you even tried to mind your own business?)
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To: Olog-hai
天王弊害盆栽!盆栽!盆栽!

(May the Emperor live like a minitree! a minitree! a minitree!)

17 posted on 01/15/2024 12:42:28 PM PST by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

his story is brief


18 posted on 01/15/2024 12:43:02 PM PST by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Not if I can help it.


19 posted on 01/15/2024 12:53:54 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (FBI out of Florida!)
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To: Old Yeller

Check the mug shot in the original article.


20 posted on 01/15/2024 12:54:27 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (FBI out of Florida!)
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