Woman busted for heroin after doing yoga in street

OCALA – Police say a woman in possession of heroin was arrested after she began undressing and doing yoga in the middle of a North Florida street.

Ocala police arrested 51-year-old Michele Cernak on possession of heroin and drug paraphernalia Wednesday.

The Ocala Star-Banner reports that officers found Cernak in the middle of the street with her jeans around her ankles and in the midst of a yoga pose. She was still wearing her underwear.

Officers found her running to a pickup nearby, and found drugs and paraphernalia inside.

Police say Cernak admitted buying and using heroin.

Fla state attorney joins human trafficking council

MIAMI – Miami State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle has been appointed to the Statewide Council on Human Trafficking.

Attorney General Pam Bondi appointed Fernandez Rundle to the newly created council, which is coordinating efforts to fight sex trafficking and help victims heal and return to the community. Her appointment was announced Friday.

The Miami-Dade state attorney’s office human trafficking unit has been a leader in sex trafficking prosecutions, filing 236 criminal cases in recent years. Fernandez Rundle says Miami’s efforts could become a model for the state and the country.

Man charged for hitting gym instructor

WEST PALM BEACH – A West Palm Beach man faces charges for hitting a gym instructor with a weight.

Forty-year-old Daniel Amato is accused of striking the 25-year-old trainer with a five-pound plate in the middle of a class Thursday at Hard Exercise Works. Police say he then ran from the gym after being chased by several members and two off-duty sheriff’s deputies who happened to be exercising at the time.

He was ultimately caught and taken into custody. The gym’s owner told deputies Amato is the husband or ex-husband of a former gym member. The Palm Beach Post reports the trainer was taken to the hospital with broken facial bones.

— Associated Press