When Vampires Attack

By Kristen Pavón

So, there’s only a few more hours until the weekend commences (unless you’re working for the weekend) and I’d like to send you off with a few words of caution. If you’re planning on grabbing some wings at Hooters this weekend, you may want to bring along your handy-dandy vampire-slaying stake.

Thanks to Findlaw’s Legally Weird blog, we can take necessary precautions.  Here’s what happened in St. Petersburg earlier this month:

Florida vampire Josephine Smith, 22, was arrested on charges of felony aggravated battery on an elderly person late last week, accused of attacking 69-year-old Milton Ellis while outside a vacant Hooters in St. Petersburg.

After inviting her to hang out with him at the vacant Hooters, [wheelchair-bound and homeless] Ellis fell asleep, but woke up when Smith yelled, “I’m a vampire, I am going to eat you!”

Thought I was joking?!

As bizarre as this sounds, there are a couple of serious points to make here.

Smith now faces a minimum term of imprisonment of 3 years, mandatory restitution, and up to 500 hours of community service.She’s also probably going to have a psych evaluation and a drug test, as government officials will want to learn as much about this Florida vampire while they have the chance.

Also, I’d like to take this opportunity to mention that attacks against the homeless have increased in the last decade and is not a laughing matter.

Read the entire story here.

For more information on attacks against the homeless and what’s being done about it, check out the National Coalition for the Homeless.

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