Staff report
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Richard Eugene Floto, Jr., 31, was arrested yesterday morning after allegedly pulling on door handles at SIMED and then kicking a man’s phone out of his hand and taking the phone.
The victim told a responding Gainesville Police Department officer that he saw Floto walking up to locked doors at SIMED (4343 W. Newberry Road) just before the business opened, and then he saw Floto walk up to the vehicles of six witnesses. He said Floto’s actions seemed erratic, and he was concerned for the safety of the witnesses, so he asked Floto to leave the property…