Man wearing blue face paint arrested on fraud charges, Ocala police say

Suspicious person report leads to check fraud arrest

OCALA, Fla. – Ocala police arrested a man who had a blue-painted face in a dollar store after he was making shoppers in the store uncomfortable.

Anthony Cifuentes, 37, was wearing a bicycle helmet and business suit with blue paint all over him in the Dollar Tree on East Silver Springs Boulevard and was acting strange in the store, police said.

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Police investigated the suspicious person report and found Cifuentes riding his bicycle in a nearby shopping center.

Police said they found that he had a warrant out for his arrest in Alachua County on charges of writing fraudulent checks.

Cifuentes was arrested and taken to Marion County Jail.


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