A Gulfport, Fla. man named Russell “Rusty” Moore was arrested last week for painting his name on two police cruisers that were parked in his neighborhood. You read that right, he painted his NAME on the vehicles.
Moore explained the reasoning for his actions to Bay News 9:
“I was a little inebriated and full of stuff and vinegar and happened to be painting on a certain day when they pulled in front of my house to go to somebody else’s house,” he said. “So, I walked out there, sat on the curb and painted my name on there.”
The redneck Picasso painted “Rusty” on the door of the one of the cruisers, and just the letter “R” on the other (his brush must have been getting dry).
After putting his John Hancock on the two cars, Moore went into his home. When officers arrived to question him about what had transpired, the aspiring artist refused to come out. He then flicked THE BIRD to the officers, and threw a bucket of blue paint at them.
“I stood in my door, I didn’t want to come out ’cause I knew what would happen,” Moore said to Bay News 9. “I threw an empty paint can out here, blue, the same color that I painted my name.”
He was eventually arrested on a charge of criminal mischief, which seems incredibly lenient considering everything that happened. He posted $150 bond, and is amazingly already out of jail.
I guess if you’re full of “stuff and vinegar,” and want to slap some graffiti on a police car, Florida is your go-to destination.
(Via Bay News 9)