Florida Man Arrested For Handing Out Weed ‘Because It Was Christmas’
Dec 24, 2019, 11:11 AM | Updated: 11:13 am
(Pinellas County Sheriff's Office)
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Police arrested a man in Florida who was reportedly handing out marijuana to people on the street “because it was Christmas,” according to a report from NBC affiliate WFLA.
Richard Ellis Spurrier, 67, was taken into custody Dec. 21 after someone alerted police that he was handing out cannabis to people as they passed by.
Citing police documents, WFLA reports Spurrier told police he was distributing the drug “because it was Christmas.”
He was arrested on charges of possession of marijuana with intent to sell.