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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - A Florida man was arrested Monday after police say he threw an opened ketchup packet at a man while at a bus station, according to a St. Petersburg Police Department arrest affidavit.
The backstory:
The affidavit says Austin Simmons, 28, appeared to be passed out at the bus terminal located at 3180 Central Avenue when a man checked to see if he was okay.
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Police say Simmons woke up furious and walked toward the man, hurling an opened ketchup packet at him.
Courtesy: St. Petersburg Police Department
The man was left with ketchup stains on his jacket, and the affidavit says the packet was leaking onto the ground.
SPPD says Simmons told officers he was only trying to give the man a ketchup packet and denied hitting him with the packet.
Simmons is facing a felony battery charge. He is being held without bond at the Pinellas County Jail after previously being convicted of battery in 2019, according to the affidavit.
The Source: Information for this story was provided by a St. Petersburg Police Department arrest affidavit.