Proposal dream ended: Thomas Edwards (Picture: Casselberry police)

A man was shot with a Taser and arrested after he apparently tried to propose to his girlfriend in the nude, but turned up at the wrong address.

Thomas Edwards, 22, claimed to have knocked on the wrong door in the early hours of the weekend in Casselberry, Florida.

When police were called by the homeowner involved, Edwards, now ‘completely naked’, launched into a bizarre tirade in an apparent attempt to get arrested.

Telling officers his name was ‘Zim’, he asked whether headbutting police was enough to result in a prison trip.


The man was shot with a Taser after apparently spitting in a police officer’s face (Picture: PA)

When advised this was not a wise course of action he threatened to spit in the officer’s face, and despite being warned with the threat of a Taser, proceeded to do so.



Edwards has since been charged with indecent exposure, battery on an officer and burglary, as well as being told not to return to the house in question.

It’s not clear whether he managed to propose to his girlfriend in the end.

Full text of the 911 call:

Dispatcher: ‘Do you know who he is?’

Caller: ‘No, I don’t.’

Dispatcher: ‘Was he knocking on the door or anything? ‘

Caller: ‘Yeah he was.’

Dispatcher: ‘What colour shirt does he have on?’

Caller: ‘Er, he doesn’t have a shirt on.’

Dispatcher: ‘What colour pants?’

Caller: ‘Brown.’

Dispatcher: ‘Can you see him, what is he doing now?’

Caller: ‘Er, he is kind of walking around and taking his pants off.’