DeLand, Fla. — Police in DeLand say a 28-year-old shoplifting suspect was tasered while trying to run away, naked, from the crime scene, according to a report in The Daytona Beach News Journal.
Witnesses told investigators they saw Stefan Short stuffing his pants with steaks at the Save a Lot on N. Woodland Blvd.
🥩 Florida man gets naked to escape DeLand store; ribeyes fall out of his pants 👖 https://t.co/87hLT9v5V7
— Steffi (@Steffi_Cole) February 18, 2020
Officers responded to the store after they were told a manager and civilian were struggling to hold the suspect to the ground, according to the News Journal.
Bystanders say Short wriggled out of his pants in order to get away and as his pants fell so did four ribeye steaks valued at $41.24.
The paper reports that police arrived to see the naked suspect fleeing from the store and used a taser when he refused to stop.
Short was arrested and taken to a hospital where it was discovered that one of the electronic prongs struck him in the genitals.
Short has been charged with resisting an officer without violence, resisting a store employee while committing a theft and first-degree petty theft, according to the News Journal.
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