Man arrested for "I Eat Ass" Sticker On Rear Window Of His Truck

[sprite75]

Yep

A Florida Man landed behind bars Sunday after he refused to remove an "I Eat Ass" sticker from the rear window of his new truck, according to an arrest report.

Dillon Shane Webb, 23, was driving near his home in Lake City when a cop spotted the sticker and pulled over Webb's Chevrolet extended cab pickup.

The Columbia County Sheriff's Office deputy contended that the sticker violated the state's obscene material statute, and asked Webb how "a parent of a small child would explain the meaning of the words 'I EAT ASS.'"

After issuing Webb a notice to appear ticket, the deputy asked him to alter the sticker so that it would "no longer be derogatory." Webb declined the request, citing First Amendment speech protections.

Leaving aside the constitutional free speech issues, that's so Florida to have a sticker advertising how you like to eat ass on your vehicle.  Especially if the vehicle is new.

And the fuzz might wind up having to eat crow over this one.

[Svengoolie 3]

I see a lawsuit coming for florida coffing up.

[Bushma]

I see a lawsuit coming for florida coffing up.

While the guy is clearly an @sshole, I hope he sues the state and wins.

[Alex]

Keep wondering if it is fried, baked or what.

[FatFreddysCat]

that's so Florida to have a sticker advertising how you like to eat ass on your vehicle.

While walking my dog a couple of weeks ago, I passed a car parked in the street with a big bumper sticker that said "COMPULSIVE MASTURBATOR."

...I was like "I dunno why anyone would want to advertise that fact, but ooookay, whatever."

[Svengoolie 3]

that's so Florida to have a sticker advertising how you like to eat ass on your vehicle.

While walking my dog a couple of weeks ago, I passed a car parked in the street with a big bumper sticker that said "COMPULSIVE MASTURBATOR."

...I was like "I dunno why anyone would want to advertise that fact, but ooookay, whatever."

As a warning to other drivers of possible erratic driving at random times?

[sprite75]

Well the charges got dropped

Four days after a Florida Man was arrested for having an "I Eat Ass" sticker on the rear window of his truck, prosecutors have dropped a pair of misdemeanor charges filed against the 23-year-old motorist.

The decision by the Columbia County State Attorney's Office came after Sunday's arrest of Dillon Shane Webb received widespread media coverage (and a fair amount of mockery).

In a one-page "no information" filing today, prosecutors informed the court that they were dropping the case against Webb, who was free on $2500 bond following his May 5 collar for possession of obscene material and resisting an officer without violence.

A prosecutor noted that an evaluation of the evidence "through the prism of Supreme Court precedent" determined that Webb "has a valid defense to be raised under the First Amendment of our United States Constitution. Given such, a jury would not convict under these facts."

Some government officials in Florida will still have to eat some crow though.