Woman, 22, accused of vampire attack on elderly man

The vampire attacked just before midnight on the porch of a vacant Hooters. Milton Ellis, 69, was sleeping in his motorised wheelchair when he awoke to find Josephine Rebecca Smith, 22, of Pensacola on top of him, said police spokesman Mike Puetz. She told Ellis she was a vampire and bit his face and neck. She bit off chunks of his face and part of his lip, Puetz said.



Ellis managed to escape and called for help at a nearby Shell gas station, where he had just met Smith. Face bloodied, he directed police to the Hooters at 10400 Roosevelt Blvd. N. Police found Smith there, half naked and covered in blood, but uninjured. They said she had no idea what happened or why her clothes were off. Ellis said she was dressed when he last saw her, police said.

Ellis first encountered Smith after a relative dropped her off at a Shell station. Smith tried calling a relative in Pensacola to pick her up. Ellis invited her to hang out with him at the vacant Hooters until someone picked her up. He eventually fell asleep.



Smith was arrested on a charge of aggravated battery on an elderly person. Bail was set at $50,000. Ellis, who needed stitches after the attack, has been arrested numerous times in Pinellas County for offenses including panhandling, disorderly intoxication, trespassing and possession of an open container.

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