Vladimir Putin has been arrested in Florida.
Before you ask, it's not that one.
A 48-year-old man appearing to be the namesake of the Russian president was arrested at a Publix supermarket in West Palm Beach and is facing charges of trespassing, local news station CBS12reported on Tuesday.
Vladimir Putin arrested at a grocery store… in Florida https://t.co/PJYBN4uHTp pic.twitter.com/Nfz927Cdom
— CNN (@CNN) August 30, 2016
Putin reportedly screamed at employees and refused to leave the supermarket after being asked to by the store manager. The man appeared in court on Monday morning, and is also facing a charge of resisting an officer without violence and will appear in court again on September 26.
While the man was named as Vladimir Putin in the police report, it is not clear if that is his real name.
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