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Naked Florida Man Hides in Tanning Bed After Trying to Set Gym on Fire at Closing Time: LCSO

TOWNSVILLE, QUEENSLAND AND FORT MYERS, FLORIDA, JUL 21 – Two men were arrested for arson in separate incidents; one fire hospitalized a woman, and the other involved erratic behavior at a Florida gym, officials said.

  • On July 18, Queensland Police arrested Emett David Smart at a Heatley address, found hiding inside a kitchen cupboard, after the July 3 fire that hospitalized a woman.
  • With a history of arson, Emett David Smart, convicted arsonist, set a fire in his apartment building two days after eviction proceedings began, reflecting his prior five-year federal prison sentence.
  • Surveillance footage captured at Planet Fitness on South Tamiami Trail showed him running naked, crawling into the ceiling, and being found nude inside a tanning bed with K-9 assistance.
  • Following his arrest, Henrry Antunez-Avarado faces arson, indecent exposure, criminal mischief, and false identification charges, a Lee County deputy says `I got a fire in the men's locker room`.
  • Refused bail, he is due to reappear on September 12 in Townsville Magistrates Court.
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Naked Florida man hides in tanning bed after trying to set gym on fire at closing time: LCSO

A Florida man’s attempt to get buff ended up with him behind bars when deputies say he ran through a gym in the buff and tried to hide in a tanning bed at closing time.

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Villages-News broke the news in The Villages, United States on Sunday, July 20, 2025.
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