{"id":3979,"date":"2025-10-15T04:12:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T04:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/3979\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T04:12:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T04:12:18","slug":"flinging-fast-food-creates-legal-drama-for-st-pete-man-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/3979\/","title":{"rendered":"Flinging fast food creates legal drama for St. Pete man"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Brief<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Chucking a cheeseburger lands a man in hot water with the authorities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A former employee&#8217;s dispute with management leads to a simple assault.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The suspect told law enforcement that he&#8217;d do it again to the despair of foodies everywhere.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">LARGO, Fla &#8211; Perhaps Jordan Cotto had a real beef with the victim, but his choice to launch his lunch created some legal trouble for him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Dealing with that fallout of his actions will be no Cheeseburger in Paradise for the Illinois man as he got charged with a misdemeanor.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"&lt;div&gt;Courtesy: Pinellas County Jail&lt;\/div&gt;\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/b81cad5d9c354ae132e851afb09c2a0e.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Courtesy: Pinellas County Jail<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">What we know<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to the arrest report, Jordan Cotto worked at the Atlantis Gentleman\u2019s club at one point. On Saturday, he went there to confront management.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As he got into an argument with Stephan Hicks, Cotto retrieved a cheeseburger from his vehicle and threw it at Hicks, striking him in the left shoulder.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">OTHER NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/news\/florida-mom-arrested-child-porn-capital-sexual-battery-charges\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Florida mother accused of forcing 11-year-old daughter to perform sex acts on video could face death penalty;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Florida mother accused of forcing 11-year-old daughter to perform sex acts on video could face death penalty<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Was it a slider? We\u2019re not sure, but the Pinellas County Sheriff\u2019s Office had been called about the argument, and when Deputy Demitri Ahart arrived, he interviewed both Hicks and Cotto.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ahart wrote in the report that Cotto admitted that he threw the cheeseburger and that he would do it again.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">What&#8217;s next<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Cotto was charged with simple battery, a misdemeanor. He was released on his own recognizance and ordered to stay away from Hicks with no direct or indirect contact.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Source<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This story was written based on the arrest report and court information for Jordan Cotto.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief Chucking a cheeseburger lands a man in hot water with the authorities. 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