Deputies arrest Superman-clad boat burglary suspect

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It was not a bird or a plane, but Hillsborough County deputies say the man wearing a Superman costume was a burglary suspect.

Deputies responded to Ruskin on July 25 after a boat owner discovered someone had broken into the cabin of a vessel anchored behind the owner’s home, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office.

Several power tools were reported stolen.
The sheriff’s office said investigators identified 57-year-old James Tidwell as the suspect. Body-camera video released by the agency shows deputies questioning Tidwell as he stands outside wearing a Superman shirt, red cape and matching costume.

When deputies tell him they are investigating a burglary, Tidwell points toward a nearby boat and appears to acknowledge taking property, telling them he “only took three items.”

The sheriff’s office said Tidwell, whom it described as a convicted felon, confessed to the theft and was taken into custody.
Tidwell was arrested on charges of burglary of an unoccupied conveyance and first-degree petit theft, according to HCSO.

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1 +1 Theocritus 2 weeks ago

Generally speaking, cops don't know anything until you rat on yourself.

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0 +1 Lostcoss.82 3 weeks ago

What's he doing he can just fly over the water.

0 +1 oroboros 3 weeks ago

Weird man. Moreover, he looks 90 years old at his 57 years. In short, human trash.

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1 +1 Voodoo333333 3 weeks ago

Part of the Donner cut.

1 +1 Cameron Phillips 3 weeks ago

My analytics detect he is an average human not a cybernetic organism. Conclusively he is not "super."

1 +1 blackmenaregenerallycriminals 3 weeks ago

OutRAGEOUS... Suppy-man do no steal!

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2 +1 tommix1 3 weeks ago

Found in his posession: A flintstone's jelly jar and a Jim Beam decanter that looked like Elvis.

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1 +1 JobyFluorine 3 weeks ago

Theft is bad enough, but stealing a man's tools? That's methed up.

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1 +1 kma8675309 3 weeks ago

911, what is your emergency.
Uhhh...Superman just broke into my boat and is walking down the pier with my stuff
Sir, how much have you had to drink?

3 +1 Cripple 3 weeks ago

But, but, but, "I only took 3 items!"

Yeah, only 3.

1) The boat.
2) The Trailer.
3) The truck that the boat and trailer were attached to.

What's the big deal on only 3 items ???!!!!

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0 +1 JobyFluorine 3 weeks ago

@Cripple It almost seem reasonable when you put it thata way!