Whimsical display of derriere slapping leads to Vero Beach screwdriver attack, officers say

VERO BEACH, Fla. - Mary Ingram said she was joking around with a man and "bent over to antagonize him to slap her on the rear end."

The man removed his belt and slapped Ingram's caboose in a "joking manner."

But what apparently began Nov. 28 in Vero Beach as a whimsical display of the derriere ended with the arrest of Ingram, 43, and her husband, 50-year-old Floyd Mosley, according to recently released affidavits.

The reported brouhaha involving bonked buttocks began about 7:15 p.m. in the 4300 block of 26th Avenue. Mosley told Indian River County Sheriff's officials he got in a physical altercation with the man who is said to have slapped Ingram's backside.

Mosley said he tried to speak with the man, and the man "sucker punched" him.

Ingram, an affidavit states, and the man were standing in the road, joking around.

"During the horse play, Mary turned and stuck her buttocks out and dared (the man) to hit her," an affidavit states.