COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. – A Naples convicted felon has been arrested after he was caught violating the countywide emergency curfew for Hurricane Ian.
Thomas Michael Prumphret, 48, was driving a car in the area of Thomasson and Bayshore drives around 2:25 a.m, nearly ten miles from his home. The area had sustained heavy damage following the storm.
Deputies pulled Prumphret over and conducted a traffic stop. When asked why he was out past curfew, Prumphret stated that he was “picking through trash.”
Prumphret is a registered convicted felon with multiple arrests for grand theft and grand theft auto.
He admitted to taking an electric fireplace he found on the side of the road because it looked nice.
Prumphret told deputies that he didn’t know the curfew was still in effect and claimed not to have any knowledge of a curfew due to his electricity just returning.
He was arrested and faces a charge of violating established emergency measures.
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