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August 14, 2017 · Crestview, Florida

Florida Man Blames 'Hookah-Smoking Caterpillar' for $100,000 Liquor Store Rampage

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Florida Man causes six figures in damage with a stolen forklift, then blames a hookah-smoking caterpillar.

Matthew Horace Jones broke into a fenced construction site in Crestview and used a forklift to cause more than $100,000 in damage to a liquor store under construction, at one point aiming the forklift at responding officers before they stopped him at gunpoint. Identifying himself as 'Alice Wonderland,' Jones told police a hookah-smoking caterpillar was behind the rampage and that he had 'a problem with building a place to sell alcohol.' He was charged with felony grand theft and criminal mischief.

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Humor22/25
Florida Factor15/20
Unexpectedness13/15
Headline Quality9/10
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