Couple arrested following romantic encounter on top of car at dealership

A Florida couple were arrested early on Tuesday after they were spotted having sex on top of a 2004 Kia Sedona at a West Palm Beach auto dealership, police say. Officers responding to Mike’s Auto Sales discovered Erin Byrd, 18, and Ramon Mitchell, 29, “inside of a dealership vehicle which did not belong to either subject,” according to a police report.



Officers were summoned to the closed business shortly before midnight by a witness who “advised officers he just witnessed both suspects having sex on top of the vehicle in plain sight.” The 39-year-old man added that he heard the trysting duo moaning. Upon exiting the vehicle, Byrd and Mitchell were arrested.

As the 300-pound Mitchell was being handcuffed, he spit in the face of a female officer, police reported. Owner Michael Melendez arrived at the dealership and told police that he “did not authorize anyone to be in his property after the business was closed,” the report states. Byrd and Mitchell were each charged with auto burglary, trespass, and lewd and lascivious behaviour.



Mitchell, who told police he works at the Improv comedy club in West Palm Beach, was given a felony charge of aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer for allegedly spitting on Officer Sarah Burgoon. Byrd was freed from the Palm Beach County jail, while Mitchell remains locked up in lieu of $11,000 bail.