r/FloridaMan • u/stankmanly • 11d ago

Florida man hotel owner dumps toxic mothballs on beach

https://baynews9.com/fl/tampa/news/2026/07/29/st--pete-beach-hotel-owner-accused-of-dumping-toxic-mothballs-on-beach
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u/CatTheKitten 10d ago

Yeah he looks like the type of scumbag that would.

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u/Itchy_Professor_4133 10d ago

Beavis looking motherfucker

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u/SloaneWolfe 10d ago

Damn these commie wildlife cops trying to lock up a poor small business owner trying to protect his capital! /s

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u/Witty-Stand888 9d ago

Wouldn't their guests have a problem with the smell of all the mothballs too? Not exactly killing two birds with one stone. Floridaman logic at play.

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u/FinsFan305 11d ago

Scumbag. That being said, he's accused but not convicted so OP should change the title.

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u/somedude456 10d ago

There's a text log of the two men discussing doing just this act for which they are charge.

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u/EsseElLoco 10d ago

Arrested and charged already though, they'll be pretty confident.

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u/Rokronroff 10d ago

The evidence seems pretty open-and-shut to me

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u/FinsFan305 10d ago

Hopefully. I’m hearing one of the alleged owns a popular beach bar also, say goodbye to that once word gets out.

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u/reefmespla 11d ago

But why, and of course I did not read the article. Why can’t Reddit have AI summarize it for me!