Tampa police were tired of residents flaunting the law during their annual Gasparilla Parade, so they decided to crack down this year.
Chiefs cornerback Michael Richardson and 412 others paid the price Saturday when they were arrested, mostly for alcohol-related offenses. Richardson, 25, was charged with being in possession of an open container of alcohol. Yep, that’s it.
(There were seven felonies among the 413 arrests, including battery of a police horse.)
Richardson was released from jail shortly after posting a $250 cash bail. Arrests nearly tripled despite a low turnout for the parade because of rain.
We’d have to check with our official PFT historian, but this could be the smallest bail ever posted since the “Days without an arrest” meter came into existence.
Now if only Florio taught me how to actually reset that thing.