A 40-year-old man faces felony charges after releasing a dozen heart-shaped, helium-filled balloons to impress his sweetheart. Unluckily for Anthony Brasfield, a Florida Highway Patrol Trooper was also watching.

From the South Florida Sun-Sentinel:

Brasfield was charged with polluting to harm humans, animals, plants, etc. under the Florida Air and Water Pollution Control Act.

Endangered marine turtle species and birds, such as wood storks and brown pelicans, seek refuge in John U. Lloyd State Park, about 1.5 miles east of the motel.

Between 2008 and 2012, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement said there were 21 arrests statewide under the rarely used environmental crime statute. The third-degree felony is punishable by up to five years in prison.

Other third degree felonies include: aggravated assault, repeated drinking and driving, battery on a law enforcement officer, cocaine possession, and failure to return a rental car.

http://reason.com/blog/2013/02/26/man-ch...or-letting-go-o

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and failure to return a rental car.

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Wouldn't this be otherwise known as Grand Theft Auto?

BTW. The people of FL deserve the laws the people they elect force on them.

This country has gone insane.

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This country has gone insane.

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BTW. The people of FL deserve the laws the people they elect force on them.

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BTW. The people of FL deserve the laws the people they elect force on them.

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Hey, we have beautiful white sandy beaches, sunshine all the time and lots of tropical plants, birds and fish ......and we want to keep our environment safe and clean so all you Northern tourist will come back each and every year to feed our economy !!

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BTW. The people of FL deserve the laws the people they elect force on them.

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Hey, we have beautiful white sandy beaches, sunshine all the time and lots of tropical plants, birds and fish ......and we want to keep our environment safe and clean so all you Northern tourist will come back each and every year to feed our economy !!

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This Northern Tourist only sees FL as he flies over it on his way to Antigua. They are a lot more lax on their balloon laws down there.

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W-Girl, do you talk with a dr-a-w-l?

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BTW. The people of FL deserve the laws the people they elect force on them.

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Hey, we have beautiful white sandy beaches, sunshine all the time and lots of tropical plants, birds and fish ......and we want to keep our environment safe and clean so all you Northern tourist will come back each and every year to feed our economy !!

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This Northern Tourist only sees FL as he flies over it on his way to Antigua. They are a lot more lax on their balloon laws down there.

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Awhhhh, release your "hot air" in PA and come spend a few bucks in the Sunshine State ....the family will love it !!

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W-Girl, do you talk with a dr-a-w-l?

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maybe I'm showing my ignorance but I thought you said you were from Florida.
That's why I asked

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W-Girl, do you talk with a dr-a-w-l?

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Not that I am aware of, TM .....WHY - SHOULD I ??

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maybe I'm showing my ignorance but I thought you said you were from Florida.
That's why I asked

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W-Girl, do you talk with a dr-a-w-l?

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Not that I am aware of, TM .....WHY - SHOULD I ??

LOL !!

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maybe I'm showing my ignorance but I thought you said you were from Florida.
That's why I asked

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W-Girl, do you talk with a dr-a-w-l?

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Not that I am aware of, TM .....WHY - SHOULD I ??

LOL !!

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TM, are you in MA ??

I am in Florida (now) but I was born, raised and educated in MA .....20 miles outside of Boston ...Weston, MA ??

No southern d-r-a-w-l...but I do still have hints of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26xRbrwL7oM

LOL !!

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Weston!!! right, that's just two towns over. Well that explains the no d-r-a-w-l.

yep I'm in Concord, been here pretty much my whole life.

Call me a "townie" fortunately I love the town.

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Concord is lovely ...near Hanscom Field ??

My grandfather had one of the oldest houses in Wayland on Boston Post Road.

I remember doing 85-90 mph on Rt 128 in my dad's Old Mercury ....those were the good old days.

They still have the Framingham Mall .....that was "the place" to shop ??

Good memories ...from MA !!

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maybe I'm showing my ignorance but I thought you said you were from Florida.
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