Florida - "Pool Float Pervert" Steals Over 75 Pool Floats for Sexual Gratification

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Monnin, whose home did not have a pool, reportedly told police that he “sexually gratifies himself with the floats and does this instead of raping women.”

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In a deal with Florida prosecutors, Christopher Monnin, 41, copped to theft and burglary charges on the eve of his scheduled June 2 criminal trial in Brevard County.

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As detailed in a police report, cops found about 75 pool floats in the house. A search warrant inventory lists some of the seized items: a lounge chair with cup holders; a duck float; a lobster float; a french fries float; a pizza float; a turtle float; a whale float; a banana float; an elephant float; a watermelon float; and a float shaped like a piece of bacon. He also had stolen a Shaquille O’Neal-branded “Shaq” inflatable lounger.

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Monnin directed investigators to a vacant house--across the street from his Palm Bay residence--where he stored the purloined floats.

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Monnin’s case, which has dragged on for years, began following his 1:30 AM “suspicious person” arrest by a Palm Bay Police Department officer. The cop spotted Monnin riding a bicycle and carrying a “white garbage bag full of what he identified as deflated pool floats.”

Since Palm Bay had been “plagued with burglaries in which the suspect cuts the screen or otherwise enters a victim’s back pool area and steals only pool floats,” Monnin was identified as a prime suspect. Monnin lived in Palm Bay, where police had received more than a dozen separate reports about pool float burglaries.

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