Crime & Safety

Video Shows Naked Assault Suspect

Authorities have released security video of a man accused of assaulting a 7-Eleven clerk in Pasco County after running around naked on the Tarpon Springs Golf Course.

Remember the man accused of running naked around a golf course on Monday night wearing only construction boots and then committing assaulting of a 7-Eleven clerk in Pasco?

Authorities have now released surveillance video footage of the suspect, Abraham A. Luna, 30.

The censored video, posted online by Tampabay.com, reportedly shows Luna calmly walking into the store, located at U.S. 19 and Flora Avenue in Holiday, and assaulting the clerk.

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After leaving the store, Pasco County Sheriff's deputies say he led them on a chase, during which he rammed a deputy's cruiser and later fled on foot before he was eventually apprehended.

Luna told reporters the decision to strip down was a shock tactic that works best in fights, and that he was diagnosed with schizophrenia in 2007, Tampabay.com reports.

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He faces a long list of charges that include attempted auto burglary, aggravated assault, battery, aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer, reckless driving, aggravated fleeing to elude, resisting without violence, driving while license revoked and violation of probation.


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