A Florida man accused of coughing on and spitting at police officers after claiming to have the CCP virus, commonly referred to as novel coronavirus, has been indicted on a federal terrorism charge.
“The United States Attorney’s position, in this case, would make each of the millions of COVID-19 patients ‘in possession’ of a biological weapon,” Landes said.
According to court documents, St. Petersburg police officers responded to a domestic violence call involving Curry and his girlfriend of almost two years on March 27. Police found Curry’s girlfriend to be “visibly shaken, crying,” and with a “bruise on her upper right arm,” and she told officers that he had been physically violent with her in the past.
Officers interviewed Curry and subsequently arrested him and charged him with felony domestic battery (one prior conviction) and false imprisonment. However, during the arrest, Curry declared that he was infected with COVID-19 and coughed on an officer’s arm, police said.
He was bonded out of Pinellas County Jail the following day and later that evening, police were again dispatched to the same apartment where he had initially been arrested after Curry’s girlfriend called them to report that he was outside of the home in violation of a no-contact order.
During his second arrest, Curry violently resisted officers and spat on one officer multiple times, hitting the inside of her mouth with blood-filled saliva, prosecutors said. Curry again claimed to have the coronavirus, laughed and said, “I have Corona [expletive], and I’m spreading it around,” multiple times. He also made several attempts to bite an officer and yelled “racist remarks,” at officers, according to court documents.
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