Overview
- Police say Austin Simmons, 28, allegedly threw an open ketchup packet at a passerby who checked on him at PSTA Grand Central Station in St. Petersburg.
- The alleged victim had two ketchup spots on his jacket, and officers noted the roughly 0.3-ounce packet was not collected as evidence.
- After the arrest, a search uncovered a small chalky substance that police described as cocaine, resulting in an additional possession charge.
- Simmons was booked into Pinellas County Jail on a $5,000 bond and was ordered at an initial hearing to have no contact with the alleged victim.
- Reports conflict on timing, citing either Monday evening or Tuesday night for the incident, and police records list Simmons as homeless.