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Cedrick Mitchell is being held after allegedly breaking into a motel room, scuffling with two men inside, and then running from police.
An armed man barged into a Florida motel room on Thursday, scuffled with his victims, and then dropped his gun -- only to return later to try to buy back his own firearm for $40, according to published reports.
At about midnight on Thursday, Cedrick Mitchell, 39, tried to rob two men at the Royal Motel in Bradenton, The Bradenton Herald reported. Police told The Herald that Mitchell broke in, asked the men for pills, and when they said they didn't have any, he pulled out a handgun.
Mitchell then demanded "everything you got," said Bradenton police Capt. Warren Merriman, and a brawl ensued, reported the paper. At some point during the scuffle, Mitchell allegedly dropped his gun and was pepper-sprayed by one of his victims. He then ran away.
Read a report on this 'gun buyback' at NBCMiami.com
But moments later, the police captain told the paper, Mitchell was back, begging the two men to let him buy his gun back for $40. They then pepper-sprayed him in the face again, he said, and he once again ran away.
The men called 911. An officer spotted Mitchell and, after a brief chase, Mitchell was arrested and booked at the Manatee County Jail, Merriman said.
Mitchell has a long criminal history, which includes robbery convictions dating back to 2001. In 2005, according to The Herald, an undercover police officer was purchasing rock cocaine when Mitchell reached into the officer's front pocket, stole $100, and walked away. He pleaded no contest to a theft charge.
He is now being held on no bond, charged with armed home invasion and resisting an officer, said The Herald.
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They should have taken his 40$ too
LMAO agree. After the pepper spray, they should of taken his $40 and his shoes as well. Give him a good ol karma bic*h slap.
I agree, pepper spray isn't cheap,,, especially when the dumb ass came back for seconds.
God damn, I love stupid criminal stories. I think I might have wet myself laughing so hard. You can't make this crap up.
Mitchell then demanded "everything you got,"... OK, here is a beating and some pepper spray... enjoy.
ROFL, ROFL, ROFL! You just cant fix stupid!!!
A black guy?.....HUH!
I would have given him the bullets back one at a time.... without the brass..
And you would have gone to prison, for shooting an unarmed man, because he had no weapon at the time.
Not if both men saw him pull the knife he would have in his hand when the police got there.
Don't be so sure Ranman87, in some states (including Florida I believe) they have some form of castle doctrine laws, though I am not sure if it applies to your rented hotel room. But in your house, if someone breaks in you do not have to verify they have a weapon before you shoot. You have a right to defend yourself and stand your ground against an intruder.
Furthermore, unless you were there, you have no idea what other weapons he had access to or what he came back with the second time.
"He is now being held on no bond, charged with armed home invasion"
They certainly could have shot him the first time... or the second time if they said they took the gun from him then or said he started fighting them to get the gun back.
If he is charged with home invasion, then would that not insinuate that the castle doctrine applies here? Were it me, I'd have shot the instant he returned, fearing he had obtained another weapon.
That only works if you sprinkle drugs on them afterwards
@Ranman87
It's a joke dude.
"WINNING" ...
There is no fixing stupid... funny stuff.
A Ron White video
Too funny... I'm crying here! :-D
Felony stupidity.
I've heard of some crazy crackheads doin some crazy stuff, but this guy takes the cake... 2 days later: "Are you sure you ain't got no pills?" *sounds of pepper spray* "ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! see ya in 10 minutes!"
Dude...??? Stop! I'm dying here! (cough Hack wheeze) I just spewed a mouthful of soda all over my desk trying not to howl with laughter and not die choking on the soda!
ROFL Too Funny!
Metal70s
Robbery convictions in 2001 & 2005...justice system at its finest.
This guy needs to find a different line of work. Felonies just aren't working for him.
sounds like he has a long history of mental illness also...you can't fix stupid..
This is not mental illness. This is pure and simply a hard core drug addict aware of what they are doing. Quit ttrying to blame peoples actions on crap like mental illness. This is probably why he was sent to prison twice before and was released too early.
The second pepper spray to the face made my day. LOL!!!
They are all the same...
"Then give me everything you got! I have a gun here, and..."
*PSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHH*
"AUUUUGGGGHHHH!!!"
(Moments later)
"Look man, I'm sorry I tried to rob you earlier, but I really need that gun back, OK? I'll....I'll even give you $30 for it. No, $40! I'll give you $40 for it, but please, just lemme..."
*PSSSSSSSSSSSHHHHH*
"AAAAUUUUUGGGGHHHHHH!!!"
LMAO!
Well now he can get off those pills....
A walking advertisement for birth control. Florida is full of fools such as this guy. What a moron!
Bradenton is the slum of Sarasota.
Dumbest criminal of year.
The first thing I would think when I saw this guy is criminal. The second thing would be ugly criminal. Then he would open his mouth and I would then know he is a stupid, ugly, criminal.
wonder just who this idiot's parents were, and why they were allowed to breed?
Makes me wonder who he robbed for the $40 dollars.
I need my gun back so I can go get more obama support money.
STFU
blissful post
Sounds like a Repukian to me.
How dare you talk about the prez's bro that way!
^^second cousin^^
Anyone who can make so many people laugh is wasted as a common criminal. He should have been a comedian.
He should also be charged with being stupid.
Druggies, LOL.
They're getting smarter every day.
This is evidence of why America need a Eugenics law.
Dumb people should be prevented from breeding. A male castration procedure is less than $250.00 (USD)
A "human" female "spay" is about $525.00 (USD)
These costs are the acutal expence that the average US medical facility would encur.
Eugenics would save America's taxpayers many trillions of dollars in just 10 years.
Less costs for jails/ prisons. Less costs for "preventable" welfare. Less cost of useless education expences (idiots never learn). Lastly the total costs in many social programs for verified American citizens would produce exceptional results.
Can you say..."Eugenics" ?
can you say Hitler?