Florida man wearing underwear around neck ‘to protect his face’ found prowling near $7K bonsai tree theft: Cops

Troy Dean Stuart

The Lee County Sheriff’s Office arrested 35-year-old Troy Stuart after allegedly being caught prowling near where two bonsai trees worth $7,000 were stolen days earlier. Stuart was wearing underwear around his neck which served as a face mask. (Lee County Sheriff’s Office)

Cops found a Florida man wearing a pair of underwear around his neck prowling near where two bonsai trees worth $7,000 were stolen days earlier, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office said in a press release.

A resident in the 2000 block of Everest Parkway in Cape Coral called 911 around 10 p.m. on Jan. 11 to say they saw someone hiding behind a chair in their backyard near their dock on the Caloosahatchee River. He was wearing a gray hoodie, black shorts and a dark mask. When cops arrived they found him lying on his stomach between a tall hedge and thick brush near the sea wall.

The man was wearing the gray hoodie and black shorts the neighbors described, the press release said. He also had on a pair of dark navy blue underwear around his neck that he apparently was using as a face mask, according to cops.

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