A Florida man with the final identify “Cocaine” was arrested for allegedly threatening workers at a Subway restaurant at knifepoint after he was upset by their “unhealthy attitudes,” cops mentioned.
Edward Cocaine, 45, was arrested over the weekend after he allegedly flipped out at a Subway in Brevard County whereas making an attempt to order meals with a pal.
Cocaine sparked an argument with the staff over what he believed was poor customer support, which rapidly escalated after he hurdled over-the-counter, pushed one of many workers and pulled out a knife, the Brevard County Sheriff mentioned.
The knife-wielding buyer was finally talked down by his good friend and so they each left the restaurant, based on the sheriff.
No workers have been injured, however native authorities have been quickly notified in regards to the alleged threats. The Subway staffers turned over the safety footage, which captured each transfer Cocaine made within the retailer, cops mentioned.
Sheriff deputies introduced Cocaine and his good friend in to be interviewed shortly after. Cocaine was in a position to verify that the person within the safety footage was him and admitted that he “crossed the road” when he pulled out the knife, based on a publish on the Brevard County Sheriff’s Workplace Fb.
“In New York, you get arrested for defending individuals on the subway…however in Brevard County you get locked up behind bars for attacking individuals in a Subway!!” Sheriff Wayne Ivey wrote within the publish.
“Clearly this man, Edward Cocaine, (and sure that’s his actual identify) doesn’t know that in Brevard County, should you Mess Round you’re gonna Discover Out…the exhausting manner!!”
Ivey famous that Cocaine’s reminiscence of the scenario “gave the impression to be a bit off.”
Even so, Cocaine was charged with two counts of aggravated assault, housebreaking with assault or battery, and battery, which the sheriff famous will get him a one-way ticket to “Ivey’s Iron Bar Lodge.”
“He can nonetheless get meals in our 1-star eating facility that’s freshly ready every day in our kitchen by inmates…sounds simply yummy!!” Ivey wrote.
“So what have we discovered right here people…at the beginning don’t fiddle in Brevard County until you might be able to spend the night time in jail with a couple of new pals and whereas consuming a lower than subpar lunch!!”
In 2014, Cocaine was charged with drug possession and was almost laughed out of the courtroom after a flabbergasted decide struggled to wrap his head across the uncommon final identify.
“What number of occasions have the police instructed you to step out of the automobile in your life?” the decide requested him throughout his arraignment.
“Nearly each time I get pulled over,” mentioned Cocaine, who on the time was accused of getting Xanax, not the unlawful white powder.
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