Police: Romeo Stuffed Juliet Into Duffel bag to Sneak into Sober Halfway House

By CRA News Service

Jared Mustrat and his girlfriend, Jessica Tosi, thought they’d try an unusual way to spend the night together at the Boca House, a sober living halfway house for men that does not allow visitors to stay overnight.

Mustrat decided to stuff Tosi in a large hockey equipment bag so he could take her into his apartment. But Romeo and Juliet’s scheme went awry when for whatever reason, Tosi blew her cover.

It began around 5:20 p.m. when a man, walking his dog along SW 2nd Avenue, saw what he thought was a suspicious action in the Walgreens parking lot and called police.

The witness said he saw a large man hunched over a large duffel bag and was talking to the duffel bag, according to a police report. As the man, who later was identified as Mustrat, started to put it inside a Volkswagen when a woman’s arm poked out of the bag, police said.

Mustrat then pushed the arm back into the bag, put it in the rear passenger compartment and drove away, the witness told police.

Police found the Volkswagen and eventually the driver about five hours later.

Mustrat told police that he was staying at the Boca House, a sober living halfway house for men, and they did not allow visitors to stay overnight.

Around 10:30 p.m. police found the suspicious vehicle and eventually the driver.

He told police that he was staying at the Boca House, a sober living halfway house for men, and they did not allow visitors to stay overnight.

Mustrat said he put his girlfriend in a large hockey equipment bag so he could take her into his apartment.

Tosi told police that she voluntarily got into the bag.

Since no laws were broken, the couple was allowed to leave.