Brandon Wright: NAKED Florida man with machete arrested after he attacks another man for his clothes
VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA: A local man was arrested after he attacked a land surveyor with a machete while completely in the nude and tried to steal his clothes on Monday, August 8. Volusia County Sheriff's deputies rushed to the area near the Volusia County Fairgrounds just before 10 am on Monday.
This was after the surveyor reported that a naked man had approached him while carrying a "large machete-style knife." The alleged victim told the authorities that the man had been picking palmetto berries in the woods when he suddenly sprang out of the bushes waving a machete and demanded the surveyor's clothes, wallet, and phone. While the alleged victim followed his orders, the suspect eventually threw the machete and a handful of berries at him, but the victim wasn't harmed. The suspect, later identified as 34-year-old Brandon Wright, bolted back towards the woods and fled the area in a white Dodge Challenger, deputies said.
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Law enforcement officials said this wasn't the first time Wright had a run-in with police while completely in the nude. One deputy who responded to the 911 call on Monday recognized the circumstances of the report and tied it to the suspect's description from an August 2021 incident in which Wright was allegedly running around the same area naked. Following the latest incident, the suspect's car was picked up by a license plate reader in the DeLand area. Shortly after, authorities received more reports of a naked man outside a gas station on Spring Garden Avenue. Law enforcement later spotted Wright from a chopper and gave updates on his whereabouts until DeLand officers arrived at the location.
"He is naked, yelling at people in the parking lot. Very animated," one officer in the chopper could be heard saying from the air as the suspect walked around in the gas station's parking lot. Video footage from the chopper showed Wright walking away from the gas station into nearby traffic. "He's now walking out to traffic, in the middle of traffic yelling at people," the person in the chopper was heard saying. Wright eventually returned to the gas station and appeared to do push-ups at the entrance of the establishment. He lay on the ground when officers arrived at the scene and was arrested.
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The sheriff's office revealed that Wright was charged with attempted robbery with a deadly weapon, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, all felonies. The suspect is remanded in custody at the Volusia County jail on a total of $25,000 bond. It's worth noting that Wright is no stranger to law enforcement. Deputies said he had a long criminal record that includes previous convictions for kidnapping in 2009 and battery on a law enforcement officer in 2018, WFTV reported.