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Florida man gets arrested, says he’s Kris Kringle

By Chelsea Todaro
Sept 2, 2015

Christmas came a little early this year for one man.

A 32-year-old man in St. Petersburg told police he was Kris Kringle and born in 1935 after he got involved in a bar fight on Aug. 24, the Tampa Bay Times reports.

According to police, Casey Adam Arundel allegedly made threats and started a fight with security and other customers at a downtown St. Petersburg bar on Second Street North. While detained by police, Arundel said his name was Kris Kringle, but investigators later found his driver’s license to identify him.

Arundel was arrested and charged with providing a false name to law enforcement and disorderly intoxication.

Read more at tampabay.com

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