Crime & Safety

Sex on a Beach Lands Couple in Jail

The pair was recorded in the act by a grandmother visiting Bradenton Beach.

A Florida couple’s romantic trip to the beach Sunday turned just a little too romantic for fellow beachgoers when the two started having sex in front of passersby, including children.

As the two were in the act, a grandmother began recording the incident on her cellphone.

“I’ve lived here since 1978, and I go to the beaches, and I’ve never seen anything like this,” CBS news quoted the grandmother as saying.

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One beachgoer had enough of the lovebirds and called police.

Jose “Benny” Caballero, 39, and Elissa Alvarez, 20, both of Bradenton, were charged with lewd and lascivious behavior. Both were booked into the Manatee County Jail and were later released on $7,500 bond, according to jail records.

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Caballero has seen the inside of the Manatee County Jail a few times in the past. Previous charges include possession of a controlled substance, disorderly conduct and contempt of court. Alvarez has no prior arrests in Manatee.


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