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Grab ’n’ Go

“Man, today was a good...day, touching ass,” said Ricardo Ruiz of Hollywood, Fla., on his YouTube video. “If you don’t touch ass you’re crazy. That’s all I got to say.” Ruiz was describing his alleged groping of women in parks in Broward County, Fla. “I was running up behind her. She looked good, man,” Ruiz said. “I just grabbed her ass, just grabbed her, and then she turned around. And I was like, ‘Why you stop?’” Davie police spokesman Sgt. Mark Leone said that there was already strong evidence in the form of a confession, victim descriptions, and multiple tips. Finding the video “is just the gravy on top,” Leone said. “Once we get [an unedited copy of the video], it will be added to evidence.” As for an alleged similar event in Hollywood, “It’s an active investigation, so no information is being released at this time,” a spokesman for the Hollywood police said. “I can tell you that no charges have been filed at this time by [the] Hollywood Police Department.” (MS/South Florida Sun-Sentinel) ...They’re waiting for the director’s cut.