A Florida man was arrested and held on
$6,500 bond after police in Collier County said he left a McDonald’s
without paying for a cup of soda valued at $1.
Mark Abaire, 52, had apparently asked staff
at the Naples restaurant for a courtesy cup of water, but instead he
allegedly filled the cup with soda from the soda fountain and sat
outside of the restaurant, according to a story in the Naples Daily News
which cited the police report of the Thursday incident.
Abaire allegedly refused to pay for the
soda when he was asked to do so, refused to leave the restaurant and
cursed at the manager, the Naples Daily News also reported.
Abaire, whose aliases include “Red” and
“Clown,” has a long list of prior arrests, according to records from the
Collier County Sheriff’s Department.
He was charged with petty theft,
trespassing and disorderly intoxication after the Thursday arrest, and
sent to Collier County jail. Petty theft is usually a misdemeanor, but
because Abaire has previous convictions for theft, the charge was
upgraded to a felony. The trespassing and disorderly intoxication
charges are misdemeanors.
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