Burrr!
Saturday, October 22nd, 2005 • Filed under Robberies
Very rarely do suspects welcome their arresting officers with open arms. But Ari Rayvon Stanberry was not only glad to see the police when he was arrested, he couldn’t wait to get into the squad car. Why? The Florida man had just spent a bone-chilling twenty minutes inside a sub-zero deep freezer. An officer was investigating an unrelated shoplifting incident in a grocery store when he spotted Stanberry. Stanberry, however, eluded the officer, who requested backup to conduct a thorough search of the store. Twenty minutes later, officers decided to search the store’s trailer-size deep freezer and found the frozen suspect. Apparently, he didn’t realize the freezer was locked when he closed it. Stanberry, who Jacobson has nicknamed “the Perpsicle,” surrendered willingly; he also asked to be taken into a warm squad car. He is thawing out in the Martin County Jail without bond.