Last week the Orlando Sentinel reported that Orlando Police arrested 34-year-old Rocco Joseph Mantella for allegedly ‘practicing karate’ on swans at Lake Eola Park. Your favorite online karate magazine has the details.
An arrest affidavit, from the Circuit Court of Orange County, Fl, states that police were called to Lake Eola at around 9:30am on April 26th after a caller had observed a man “kicking animals throughout the park.”
The responding officers quickly located the suspect, Mantella, and arrested him without incident. Sworn witness statements were taken regarding what had happened. One witness claimed they observed Mantella practicing karate and kicking two swans in the head and then another in the backside.