Overview
- Ocala police arrested Janek Szkaradek and Luke Charske after video showed a lawn mower driven through the entrance of a Target store on Southwest College Road.
- Investigators say Szkaradek unloaded the mower from a trailer and drove through the sliding glass doors, damaging the entrance and putting people at risk inside the store.
- Police also linked Szkaradek to a separate incident at a Culver’s restaurant, where they say he used a leaf blower inside the dining room and caused a disturbance.
- Charges include criminal mischief and disorderly conduct for the Culver’s case and an added disorderly conduct count for the Target incident against Szkaradek, with Charske charged as principal to disorderly conduct for recording the Target video.
- Ocala police warned that chasing viral content can carry real legal consequences, stressing that these actions caused property damage and endangered people.