Idiot of the Week: Handcuffed Man Drowns After Jumping in a Bay

Credit: Pinellas County Sheriff

Criminals tend to be dumb, and this guy qualifies. This week's idiot is about a guy who was arrested for quite a few things, then handcuffed. Apparently he thought he could float away to freedom while handcuffed because he jumped into a bay where he was for a time, sleeping with the fishes. Here's this week's idiot.

HANDCUFFED MAN DROWNS AFTER JUMPING INTO FLORIDA BAY

TREASURE ISLAND, Fla. (AP) — A handcuffed Florida man died after bolting from police custody and jumping into Boca Ciega Bay, where he drowned, authorities said.Treasure Island police arrested Donnie Brownlow Jr., 33, after responding to a domestic disturbance Sunday evening around 7:40 p.m., the Tampa Bay Times reported. 

He was in custody on charges of domestic battery, obstruction, felony driving while license suspended and violation of probation. An officer was escorting 

Brownlow to a van that would bring him to jail when he made a run for it, the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.  

Paramedics from the Treasure Island Fire Department pulled Brownlow from the water and performed CPR. Brownlow was brought to the Palms of Pasadena Hospital, where he died around 9:40 p.m.