ST. PETERSBURG

Yolanda Renee McNew was speaking to police officers about a call for service when, according to an arrest report, she pulled down her pants. Officers wrote that she bent over and exposed "her bare buttocks" for all to see. The incident happened about 1:29 a.m. May 19 at 7301 Third Ave. N, and "residents were present and within view," according to authorities.

The arrest report did not describe the call for service that McNew, 33, had been speaking to officers about. She faces a charge of disorderly conduct.

DUNEDIN

Man thought sheriff's deputy was his friend and that it would be a 'hoot' to run from him

A Pinellas sheriff's deputy stopped Courtney Eugene Douthit about 10 p.m. on Douglas Avenue because the 37-year-old was peeing in a parking lot, according to an arrest report from May 23. The deputy trained a spotlight on Douthit, according to the report, and asked him to step toward the cruiser.

Douthit took off running, the deputy wrote.

After a short chase, the report states, the deputy caught up to Douthit and asked why he ran.

According to the deputy: Douthit said "he thought I was his friend and it would be a 'hoot' to run."

LARGO

Transient charged with retail theft stole 74-cent cups of soda from Circle K, arrest report says

Anthony Scott Walters, an 18-year-old transient from Largo, is facing a misdemeanor retail theft charge because he stole several cups of soda from Circle K, according to an arrest report.

On May 21, a police officer wrote in the report, Walters repeatedly entered the store at 1499 Belcher Road and filled up a cup with soda, then left. The store clerk told police Walters did not stop when asked. At one point, the clerk said, Walters threw up his middle finger.

When police asked about the middle finger incident, according to the report, Walters laughed.

The officer wrote that Walters was taken into custody "for depriving the owner (Circle K) of the full retail value of the fountain drink and cup (being $0.74)."

Compiled by Zachary T. Sampson, Times staff writer