Naked Florida Burglar Gives Neighbor’s Dog a Show No One Asked For
Pinellas Park, Florida, isn’t usually the scene of late-night chaos, but that changed on October 7. In the middle of the night, residents watched in disbelief as a man strolled through their neighborhood without a single piece of clothing on. He didn’t seem lost or disoriented. He was oddly calm, walking across lawns and up to doorsteps as if it were the most ordinary thing in the world.
Police later identified him as 23-year-old Joshua Neal Garrison, who’d recently been released early from jail after serving time for grand theft auto and fleeing from police. His freedom didn’t last long before things took a strange turn.
Midnight Mayhem On Suburban Streets
Homeowner David Dale was jolted awake when his doorbell rang. Half-asleep, he opened his front door and came face-to-face with an unclothed stranger standing under his porch light. Before Dale could react, Garrison hurled potted plants at his truck and ripped the lights off the front of his house.
Across the street, Tim Reischmann woke to find his yard in chaos. By morning, his security camera told the story: Garrison moved through the backyard, pressed himself against the glass doors, and tore the screens from their frames. He wandered into the shed, grabbed an ax, and later helped himself to a beer and a soda from the outdoor fridge.
The footage captured one unsettling pause when Garrison fixated on a neighbor’s dog. The animal stood still, unsure what to make of the scene.
After seeing the recordings, residents realized how close things had come to disaster. “We are all Second Amendment people here in Pinellas Park; we will shoot you,” one neighbor said. “He got lucky we didn’t wake up.”
No one was hurt, but the night left the neighborhood shaken. Police arrested Garrison a few days later and booked him into the Pinellas County Jail on charges of armed residential burglary, lewd behavior, criminal mischief, and violating probation.
Trouble That Should Have Stayed Behind Bars
Court records showed that Garrison was originally supposed to remain in jail until December. His early release confused residents once they learned about it. Reischmann attended the hearing to tell the judge that Garrison’s actions went far beyond simple burglary, describing them as both sexual and violent.
Authorities haven’t explained why Garrison’s sentence was cut short, but his return to jail came quickly. Florida has long been home to strange crime stories, and this nighttime tour of Pinellas Park now joins that list. Between the undress, the ax, and the poor dog caught in the wrong place at the wrong time, this was one headline that spread fast.