Brevard County Sheriff’s Office
A Florida man with the last name “Cocaine” was arrested for allegedly threatening employees at a Subway restaurant at knifepoint after he was upset by their “bad attitudes,” cops said.
Edward Cocaine, 45, was arrested over the weekend after he allegedly flipped out at a Subway in Brevard County while trying to order food with a pal.
Cocaine sparked an argument with the employees over what he believed was poor customer service, which quickly escalated after he had hurdled over the counter, pushed one of the employees and pulled out a knife, the Brevard County Sheriff said.
The knife-wielding customer was eventually talked down by his friend and they both left the restaurant, according to the sheriff.
No employees were injured, but local authorities were soon notified about the alleged threats. The Subway staffers turned over the security footage, which captured every move Cocaine made in the store, cops said.
Sheriff deputies brought Cocaine and his friend in to be interviewed shortly after. Cocaine was able to confirm that the man in the security footage was him and admitted that he “crossed the line” when he pulled out the knife, according to a post on the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office Facebook.
“In New York, you get arrested for defending people on the subway…but in Brevard County you get locked up behind bars for attacking people in a Subway!!” Sheriff Wayne Ivey wrote in the post.
“Clearly this guy, Edward Cocaine, (and yes that’s his real name) doesn’t know that in Brevard County, if you Mess Around you’re gonna Find Out…the hard way!!”
Ivey noted that Cocaine’s memory of the situation “appeared to be a bit off.”
Even so, Cocaine was charged with two counts of aggravated assault, burglary with assault or battery, and battery, which the sheriff noted gets him a one-way ticket to “Ivey’s Iron Bar Lodge.”
“He can however get food in our 1-star dining facility that is freshly prepared each day in our kitchen by inmates…sounds just yummy!!” Ivey wrote.
“So what have we learned here folks…first and foremost don’t mess around in Brevard County unless you are ready to spend the night in jail with a few new friends and while eating a less than subpar lunch!!”
In 2014, Cocaine was charged with drug possession and was nearly laughed out of the courtroom after a flabbergasted judge struggled to wrap his head around the unusual last name.
