After romp behind dumpster, woman arrested

The deputy saw the couple that was sweaty and jittery, and the woman’s hair was “wild.” She thought they had just gotten into a fight.

Just before 10 p.m. Monday behind a dumpster at the 14th Street Walgreens, 36-year-old Jennifer Lazar and her 38-year-old homeless paramour cleared up the deputy’s suspicions.

They were “having some fun,” he said, according to the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office report. He’s not allowed to be at Lazar’s house, and they had been “intimate” just before the deputy arrived.

But the deputy knew there was another reason for their inability to stand still. Lazar even showed the deputy her track marks, the report said.

Another deputy searched the area and found hypodermic needles next to the homeless man’s wallet on the ground and a full bag of heroin by two couch cushions near where they were standing, according to the report. Inside Lazar’s purse law enforcement found a hypodermic needle, seven alprazolam pills and two smoking pipes, one of which was tucked inside a Newport cigarette pack.

In the past, Lazar has pleaded no contest to drug possession and prostitution charges.

She’s being held at the Manatee County jail on charges of possession of a controlled substance without a prescription and possession of drug paraphernalia.

This story was originally published March 1, 2017 at 2:44 PM with the headline "After romp behind dumpster, woman arrested."