DEBARY, Fla. — A naked, bloody man covered in grease and peppermint oil broke into two DeBary homes and hopped into a swimming pool before jumping onto a trampoline early Friday, the Volusia Sheriff’s Office said.
Our sister station WFTV in Orlando reports deputies were called at about 2 a.m. to a home on East Highbanks Road after a burglary was reported.
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Investigators said Blake Tokman, 34, had smashed out the windows of one home and also broke into another home.
Officials said a deputy spotted Tokman naked in the back yard of the second home.
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They said he ran away, jumped in the pool, climbed out and leapt onto a trampoline, where he laid flat, resisting the deputy’s attempt to handcuff him.
Investigators said Tokman appeared to be under the influence of an unknown substance.
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They said it took four deputies to arrest him and three more medical professionals to secure him to a stretcher.
Tokman kicked or struck three of the deputies, lacerating the arm of one of them, investigators said.
He was taken to a hospital to be evaluated and will be booked into the Volusia County Branch Jail on charges of burglary, battery on a law enforcement officer, criminal mischief and resisting arrest with violence.
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