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A man who engaged in sexual conduct with a pair of “large stuffed animal toys” at a Target store in Florida was sentenced today to six months probation after pleading no contest to indecent exposure and criminal mischief charges.

Cody Meader, 22, entered his misdemeanor plea before a Circuit Court judge who also ordered the St. Petersburg man to pay $725 in court costs and fines, according to court records.

Meader, seen at right, was arrested in late-2019 after “willfully and maliciously” damaging Target goods “by ejaculating on the merchandise.”

Meader, cops reported, initially took a stuffed unicorn to the children’s bedding department, exposed himself, and then “took the unicorn and placed it against his penis and began a sexual motion like the subject was trying to have sex with the unicorn.”

Wearing shorts and a Star Wars t-shirt, Meader then proceeded to the front of the store and “picked up an Olaf snowman stuffed animal” from a display featuring characters from the Disney film “Frozen” and “began having sex with this stuffed animal and it was all on video,” according to a Target loss prevention officer interviewed by police. “The subject finished having sex with the stuffed animal and ejaculated on it and then wiped it off.”

When confronted, cops say, Meader admitted to “doing ‘stupid stuff’ and admitted that he had ‘nutted’ on the Olaf stuffed animal.” As seen above, a store surveillance camera recorded Meader engaged with the Olaf doll, which he returned in its soiled state to a pile of other stuffed animals.

The two stuffed dolls violated by Meader are pictured in the below police photos.

The Florida Man charged with swinging a stolen alligator around by its tail at 3:20 AM has copped a plea deal that carries no jail time, but bars him from “ownership of animals,” according to court records.

William Hodge, 33, yesterday entered no contest pleas to felony and misdemeanor raps stemming from a bizarre July incident in Daytona Beach Shores.

Asked by police why he was abusing the alligator, Hodge reportedly replied that he was “teaching it a lesson.”

A Circuit Court judge sentenced Hodge, seen at right, to four years of probation and ordered him to undergo a mental health evaluation. Additionally, Hodge was barred from owning animals and directed to stay away from Congo River Golf & Exploration, a miniature golf course that offers patrons the opportunity to feed and hold small alligators.

Hodge was arrested after cops spotted him trying to throw the purloined alligator onto the roof of a building. When his launch attempt failed, Hodge slammed the reptile to the ground and stomped on it. The alligator was subsequently returned to the general manager of Congo River (whose alligator enclosure is pictured below).

From the holiday booking blotter:

1) The Kentucky gentleman seen above in the Santa suit was arrested on Christmas for drunk driving, reckless driving, and several vehicular charges.

He was scheduled to make a court appearance today, according to an online docket entry.

It is unclear whether police confiscated the defendant's sleigh.

2) The Alabaman pictured at right was collared on Christmas Eve for assault.

At 6’ 3”, the tattooed elf likely towers over most of Santa’s other helpers.

Two registered Republicans living in Florida’s sprawling The Villages retirement community have been separately charged with voting twice in the 2020 presidential election, according to court records.

The defendants--Joan Halstead, 72, and Jay Ketcik, 63--have each been charged with a felony fraud count, according to court records. Halstead and Ketcik, seen in the above mug shots, were freed from custody last week after posting $2000 bond.

Halstead and Ketcik are registered Republicans, according to Florida state voting records.

Investigators allege that Halstead voted in person in Florida in late-October 2020, and “also cast a second ballot in New York via absentee ballot.” Halstead bought her home in The Villages in April 2020 for $250,400. At the time of the purchase, Halstead listed her address as a residence in Rochester, New York. Halstead sold the New York property after buying her Florida home.

Ketcik has been charged with voting by mail in Florida in October 2020 and casting “a second ballot in Michigan via absentee ballot.” Ketcik and his wife Karen purchased their residence in The Villages for $345,200 in July 2019. At the time of the purchase, Ketcik listed his residence as a home in Lansing, Michigan. He sold that property in July 2020, according to Michigan property records.

If convicted of the third degree felony count, the defendants could face a maximum of five years in state prison. Court filings do not reveal how investigators uncovered the alleged voter fraud.

A Louisiana man busted early today for allegedly trying to enter a neighbor’s apartment at 2 AM explained to police that “a big snake told him to open the victim’s door and go inside,” according to an arrest affidavit.

On a related note, Jessie Terry, 52, also reportedly told arresting officers that he had smoked crack “within the last hour.”

Terry was collared after police responded to the West Monroe residence of a woman who reported that Terry “attempted to open the back door to her apartment.”

During police questioning, Terry--who lives near the victim’s residence--reportedly spoke of his recent crack use and how he was told to open the woman’s door and enter her home by a “big snake.”

The reptile in question is not further described in the arrest affidavit.

Terry was booked into the local jail for unauthorized entry of an inhabited dwelling, a felony, and disturbing the peace, a misdemeanor. The affidavit notes that Terry has a “lengthy” criminal history.

A Florida Woman arrested Saturday on a felony narcotics charge told police that she sells fentanyl to make money to pay for an attorney “for a pending drug charge,” according to an arrest report.

Nicole Gregory, 28, was busted after a sheriff’s deputy spotted her dropping a bag that held four baggies containing the synthetic opioid. “The defendant did intend to sell said substance,” the investigator alleged.

After being collared on a St. Petersburg street, Gregory reportedly admitted that she “sells the drug for $10 per ‘bump.’” Gregory then claimed she was “selling the narcotics to make money for an attorney for a pending drug charge.”

According to court records, Gregory was arrested last month for selling methamphetamine to an undercover cop. In August, she was charged with possessing fentanyl and meth. Both cases are pending in Circuit Court.

In addition to the new fentanyl rap, Gregory was charged with four other drug counts after she was found in possession of narcotics including meth, morphine, and Oxycodone.

Pictured above, Gregory bonded out of jail Saturday night after posting $18,000 bond.