The Hennessey family wants his case to bring attention to mental illness.Ĭopyright 2018 Raycom News Network. His mother told local media his behavior has been erratic since he got out of rehab. He was treated at an area hospital before being transferred to the Lee County Jail where he faces charges for aggravated assault, criminal mischief and four counts of aggravated assault on law enforcement. For example, if your birthday is April 13, you had a search for Florida Man April 13. Heather Hennessey told local media he suffered burns while standing in the fire. The Florida Man challenge includes users searching the internet for the phrase Florida Man followed by their birthday. Police believe John Hennessey may have consumed psychedelic mushrooms. It was in another language and I didn't know what he was saying," the suspect's sister Heather Hennessey told WFTS.
Phillip Weisbauer, of Royal Palm Beach, was arrested in Arizona. "He was screaming nonsense he always screams. A Florida man was arrested Friday for allegedly stealing a few comic books from a Batman collection worth more than 1.4 million. That’s when they pulled out a stun gun and took him into custody.Įven though he was in handcuffs, Hennessey continued chanting in an “unknown language.” The Man Who Designed It Suzanne Slesin June 6 1978. The man, identified as 27-year-old John Hennessey, had also thrown a rock through the window of a home, according to a police report.Īfter the chanting and dancing, officers said Hennessey grabbed a wooden stick and swung it at them. Pei was asked to design a prestigious gift, on an important site, and get people in and out in forty-five minutes. Internet users typically submit links to news stories and articles about unusual or strange crimes or events occurring in Florida, particularly. Officers got a report of a man with a knife trying to set a vehicle on fire. Florida Man is an Internet meme, popularized in 2013, in which the phrase 'Florida Man' is taken from various unrelated news articles concerning people who hail from or live in Florida. It happened on June 22 on Pine Island Lane.
(RNN) - Officers in Cape Coral, FL, witnessed a completely nude man dance around a fire, stand in the flames and chant “gibberish.”