Night at a Florida art gallery ends in arrest

[bijou]

ST. PETERSBURG — The night started with a complaint about a giant penis statue.

Before it was over, police had pinned the owner of the art gallery to the ground and taken him to jail.

"Oh, my God," said gallery owner Bill Schramm, his glasses falling off in the scuffle. "This is the city's response to a penis. That's fabulous."

Officers arrested Schramm and another man after a raid Friday night on the Erotic Lounge in the Grand Central District of St. Petersburg. It wasn't the statue that they were arrested for.

Instead, investigators said they saw a nude man in the gallery, a violation of a city ordinance that prohibits places that serve alcohol from allowing the public display of genitals.

The gallery's show on Friday included a cypress penis statue larger than a person in front of the gallery. Schramm said he installed it there about 5 p.m.

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A fun night out, not necessarily had by all.

[FlaGator]

I guess no one ever told him to keep it in his pants.

[bijou]

I guess no one ever told him to keep it in his pants.

Perhaps that was the police's mistake, instead of arresting him, they should have turned up with some giant pants. :D

[FlaGator]

Perhaps that was the police's mistake, instead of arresting him, they should have turned up with some giant pants. :D

"Cuff that penis and put it in the back of the car!"

[jinxmchue]

"Oh, my God," said gallery owner Bill Schramm, his glasses falling off in the scuffle. "This is the city's response to a penis. That's fabulous."

It was not known whether Schramm was gay or not, but this reporter thinks it's pretty fuckin' obvious.

[Theophilus]

Inside, police found a nude man, Joshua M. Culotta, suspended from the ceiling in an aerial harness that Schramm earlier called a "chandelier."

"He was in plain view," said Collins, the investigating sergeant.

Officers said they arrested Culotta, 26, for violating the city ordinance. The man, who is deaf, seemed confused and told a reporter, "I was just modeling." As officers handcuffed him, he started to cry.

Sure why not.

[Gingersnap]

"That's fabulous"? Real people actually say things like this in the presence of giant wooden penises? :eek:

[jinxmchue]

"That's fabulous"? Real people actually say things like this in the presence of giant wooden penises? :eek:

Yes, real[ly gay] people actually do.

[Theophilus]

Where's Bob from the Enzyte commercials. :D

[NonConformist]

Glad to see them getting those hardened criminal elements off the street!!