Drunk vacationer sexually molests manatee statue at Florida restaurant after being requested to go away, deputies say

ST. PETE BEACH, Fla. – A vacationer discovered himself behind bars after he drunkenly threw gator nuggets right into a restaurant and “sexually molested” a manatee statue when employees requested him to go away, based on deputies.

Anthony Lessa, 23, was arrested and charged with disorderly intoxication after the incident that came about at two separate locations in St. Pete Seashore on Friday – Postcard Inn On The Seashore and Rick’s Reef Restaurant – based on an affidavit from the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Workplace.

The person from Pittsburgh is accused of throwing gator nuggets into Rick’s Reef Restaurant – and deputies discovered extra of them in his pants pocket when he was arrested. In keeping with the Rick’s Reef Restaurant menu, “gator bites” are items of recent, fried gator.

When employees confronted Lessa, he “grew to become belligerent” and “sexually molested” a manatee statue within the presence of employees and different patrons, the affidavit stated.

Lessa then ran off the property and down Gulf Boulevard towards his lodge, the Postcard Inn On The Seashore. The lodge’s supervisor referred to as authorities after Lessa was “performing disorderly” close to the entrance desk space. He was yelling and screaming obscenities on the entrance desk employee, based on the affidavit. When the supervisor requested Lessa to relax and provided to escort him to his room, he refused to say what room he was in.

Lessa was then trespassed from the property, however he stayed within the car parking zone, lingering and yelling extra obscenities, the affidavit stated. This brought about a back-up in visitors and the “disturbing of the peace of a number of different company ready for rides,” deputies stated.

When deputies caught up with Lessa, they noticed a robust odor in keeping with an alcohol beverage and observed his pupils had been dilated in a high-light setting. He was additionally reportedly in a heightened state with a short-term reminiscence implication, deputies stated.

For instance, Lessa continued to ask deputies why he was being arrested on “a loop,” the affidavit stated.

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He was positioned into custody close to the lodge and transported to jail. He has since been launched on his personal recognizance, based on arrest information.