The police in Florida see a lot of wild and crazy things on the job.
Nothing could prepare them for this.
And police busted a Florida man and were stunned at the outfit he was in.
Florida police arrest a man dressed as Ronald McDonald
A police department in Florida responded to one of the strangest calls of their career.
Christopher Wayne Marlowe was banned from a shopping center in Palm Bay, Florida.
He was threatened with trespassing charges when he showed up and refused to leave.
Officers with the Palm Bay Police Department got the shock of their lives when they arrived on the scene.
Marlowe was “yelling to himself” and walking around, “serving no purpose on the property.”
The 40-year-old was dressed as Ronald McDonald, and he even had the red nose to complete the outfit.
Unlike the friendly fast-food mascot, his outfit had a patch with a human skull on it.
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Police warned him to leave because he was loitering, but the clown refused to go.
Marlowe became aggressive and refused to cooperate with the officers.
Police can be heard telling him in the video that he is under arrest and needs to put his things down.
This belligerent clown was not going to go easy.
“Why, so you can rob me?” Marlowe asked the officer.
“I’m not trespassed and I’m gonna come back,” Marlowe said. “F*** y’all.”
The police gave him the option of doing it the easy way or the hard way.
“Don’t go anywhere. Chris, you’re not free to leave,” an officer shouted. “You’re under arrest now. Put your stuff down.”
Officers tried to handcuff him and ended up wrestling him to the ground.
Ronald McDonald had some interesting items on him
The Palm Bay Police Department was tougher on Ronald McDonald than Officer Big Mac.
Police searched Marlow and found what appeared to be an orange flair gun on him, more red noses, and accessories for a clown costume.
He was eventually dragged to the squad car where one of the officers noted his strange outfit.
“You look like a clown,” the officer said.
“No s***, I am a clown, stupid!” a belligerent Marlowe fired back.
Marlowe was arrested for trespassing on property, not structure or conveyance, and resisting arrest without violence.
The arrest affidavit noted that the Ronald McDonald impersonator went by the alias of “Wicked Jesus.”
He was arrested about a block from a McDonald’s franchise.
Police said that Marlowe was homeless and had had run-ins with the law before.
Marlowe was booked in the Brevard County Jail Complex with a $5,500 bond.
The Palm Beach Police Department mocked Marlowe on social media.
“What do you call someone who returns to a shopping plaza after they’ve been Trespassed? ….a clown,” the department joked on social media. “Everyone has a right to feel safe in public spaces. We’re committed to addressing those who repeatedly refuse to respect that.”
Christopher Marlowe learned the hard way that acting like a clown has serious consequences in Florida.
DeSantis Daily will keep you up-to-date on any developments to this ongoing story.
