Off The Beat: Jukebox antihero jailed in lounge caper

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FORT PIERCE — A spat over unheard songs on a jukebox escalated into a confrontation that landed an Okeechobee man behind bars, an affidavit states.

Michael Grzech, 28, was jailed after the 2:05 a.m. July 14 incidents at The Jetty Lounge in Fort Pierce.

A Fort Pierce police officer was in the establishment in the 100 block of South Ocean Drive as it was closing.

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The officer reported one man stayed at the bar. The man, later identified as Grzech, appeared intoxicated, the affidavit states.

The man “was arguing with the bartenders because his songs didn’t get played on the jukebox.”

Told the bartenders held no sway over the jukebox, Grzech kept quarreling, the affidavit states.

The bartender told police she wanted him to vacate the premises.

Police told Grzech the bar was closed and he had to leave, but he tried to argue about the jukebox.

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Police told him to leave or he’d be arrested.

“What are you going to do, take me to jail?” Grzech is quoted as saying.

The officer said yes.

Grzech, who could be described as a jukebox antihero, turned around and was handcuffed.

He was taken to jail on a trespassing charge.

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