
Three men arrested after haircut stunt in Ocala leaves teenager seriously injured
By Marcus Chen
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Three young men are facing criminal charges after what police called a dangerous online challenge left one of them seriously injured on a busy Ocala road.Ocala police identified the three as Christopher Coleman, 20, Andrew Costa-De Souza, 19, and Ruben Rodriguez, 18. On Sept. 27, around 8 p.m. on SW College Road, police say the group removed a chair from a nearby restaurant and placed it in the center of the roadway. Rodriguez sat in the chair while Costa-De Souza cut his hair and Coleman recorded the stunt on video, police said. During the challenge, a nearby traffic crash caused a Chevrolet 3500 pickup truck to veer toward the group. Coleman and Costa-De Souza were able to get out of the way, but Rodriguez — seated with his back to oncoming traffic — was struck and suffered serious injuries.All three have since been arrested. They each face charges of unlawful assembly and dangerous use of public rights-of-way. Costa-De Souza was taken into custody at Orlando International Airport af