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Wrong Shorts Get Naked Man In Deeper Trouble, Police Say

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Published: December 19, 2008

Joshua Burnett

TAMPA - Of all the shorts in Joshua Andrew Burnett's home, he grabbed the pair with drugs in the pockets when police surprised the naked man early today, an affidavit states.

It all started about 12:45 a.m., when Tampa police received a 911 call from Burnett's home with a woman screaming in the background, police said.

Officers arriving at 2633 Belmont Oaks Lane discovered Burnett, 18, naked, and his pregnant girlfriend accusing him of trying to smother her with a pillow, police said.

The officers told Burnett he was under arrest for felony aggravated battery on a pregnant woman. In response, Burnett picked a pair of jean shorts off the floor to get dressed.

For safety reasons, an officer asked to search the shorts to ensure there wasn't a weapon in the pockets, an affidavit states.

The officer found in the left front pocket $506 wrapped around Burnett's driver's license and in the right front pocket a plastic baggie of marijuana and a bag of crack cocaine, an affidavit states.

In addition to the battery charge, Burnett is charged with felony possession of crack cocaine, felony possession of cocaine with intent to sell, misdemeanor possession of marijuana and misdemeanor possession of paraphernalia, records show.

He was being held without bail at the Orient Road Jail today.

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