LEESBURG, Florida—A Eustis man is facing a felony criminal mischief charge after admitting he painted a heart on the parking lot of a Leesburg bar, according to an arrest affidavit.
Timothy Scott Bombard, 36, was captured on video painting a white heart on the parking lot of Dirty South Saloon, 1850 U.S. Highway 441, Leesburg on June 16 and he was easily identified because he had previously applied for a job at the bar, the manager told a Lake County Sheriff’s Office deputy. Bombard apparently asked if the bar would keep a heart that was already painted there after the bar resealed and repainted the parking lot, the affidavit states.
The manager told Bombard they would not be keeping the heart and Bombard reportedly said he would come back and do it anyway, the manager told LCSO. Bombard also sent a text message to the manager’s boyfriend admitting he painted the heart and knew he could go to jail for it.
On Wednesday, Bombard went to the sheriff’s office and told an LCSO detective he did paint the large white heart on the parking lot in remembrance of someone who died in that spot, according to the affidavit.
Bombard was arrested for criminal mischief and walked over to the Lake County Jail, where he was later released on $2,000 bond.
