AIDS Needle Robbery Threat
An alleged gay/bi-sexual "street hustler" in Tampa, Florida is accused of trying to rob a pharmacy with what he said was a needle infected with the AIDS virus has been arrested. Police say Anton Francis Ziherle, 23, walked into the West Coast Pharmacy located on North Florida Avenue Thursday afternoon with his hands in his pockets and told employees about the needle. He then demanded that they give him oxycodone.
The employees chased him out without giving him the pills, the report said. Detectives said they received a tip from someone who saw news coverage of the attempted robbery and recognized the suspect's jacket. At approximately 11 p.m., they went to the spot indicated by the viewer and arrested Ziherle, the report said. He was wearing the same clothes seen in the surveillance video.
Investigators said they did find syringes, but there was no evidence of any substance on the syringes, nor that they were contaminated with the AIDS virus. The suspect was also charged in connection with a carjacking on Monday in a Wendy's parking lot. Investigators said he knocked down a woman as she was getting into her car, then drove off.
Ziherle, whose address is listed as "at large," was released from Orient Road Jail last month for three other pharmacy robberies. He was placed on supervised probation after his release.
A tipster who says he is patron of a local gay bar in downtown Tampa, reported to Just One Hot Minute's tip desk that Ziherle was a known "street hustler" who often "worked" the parking lot of the gay bar.
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I’ve kinda got mixed feelings about this one. Yes, this guy crossed the line and he definately needs to spend sometime in jail. At the same time, I know where he’s coming from. For those who are addicted to opioid narcotics such as oxycodone, what drives them is not the desire to get high, but rather the desire to avoid withdrawal sickness. I know, I wasted what should have been the best years of my life chasing that shit. Luckily for me, I never crossed the line like this guy did, but as the saying goes, there but for the grace of God go I. I hope he uses his time in prison as an opportunity to break away from the drugs.
Yeah so why wasn’t Rush Limbaugh thrown in Prison?
He was an Oxycontin addict too, and believes ALL Drug users should be in Prison.
With the exception of Rush Limbaugh
I don’t know who’s cock Rush sucked (with talent on loan from God) to get out of that one, DeWayne. It must have turned into something long term, though, since the last drug he got caught with was Viagra.
And to clarify, I don’t think the guy should go to prison because he uses drugs, but because he threatened someone with a fucking needle which he claimed was infected with HIV/AIDS. That’s pushing things just a little to far.
Agreed Matt and since he was described as a Hustler/Drug user we all know how messed up they can be (something like Talk radio hosts without the Mic and Income) he probably wanted Off the street and in a treatment program to Detox.
Good luck with that in Florida or most US states we would rather lock people in a jail at 40K plus a year instead of cheaper more humane alternatives.