PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. – Was it a case of good, old-fashioned police legwork, or were cops simply going out on a limb?
Authorities yesterday arrested a man said to be "possessed" as he allegedly tore off his wife's prosthetic
leg and pants in this South Florida city.
Luis Ramirez, 35, is facing a battery charge after a Florida Highway Patrolman saw a disturbance near a BMW sport utility vehicle. The state trooper flagged down a local officer for assistance.
"He ripped my leg off," the 29-year-old wife told the officer, according to a police report cited in the Port St. Lucie News.
"At this point I noticed that she was not wearing any pants and that her right leg appeared to have been amputated above the knee," the officer said in his report.