{"id":81252,"date":"2026-09-22T00:40:35","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T04:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=81252"},"modified":"2026-09-22T00:40:46","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T04:40:46","slug":"caught-behind-the-shopping-plaza-having-sex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2026\/09\/22\/caught-behind-the-shopping-plaza-having-sex\/","title":{"rendered":"CAUGHT BEHIND THE SHOPPING PLAZA HAVING SEX"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Alyssa Kailee Shay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

A Lakeland Police officer investigating an unrelated call on September 17 was flagged down by a citizen who reported two people actively engaging in sexual activity behind a dumpster at a shopping plaza located at 3539 Hwy 98 N in Lakeland.<\/p>\n\n\n

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According to the arrest affidavit, the officer went behind the dumpster and allegedly found Alyssa Kailee Shay lying on a mattress with her pants below her knees and Timothy Shquwan Leverett on top of her. The affidavit states Leverett\u2019s pants were also below his knees and both were exposed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The officer activated his emergency lights, bringing the parking-lot romance to a fairly abrupt conclusion. Both reportedly got off the mattress and began putting their clothes back on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shay allegedly told the officer they were behind the dumpster because she is currently homeless and had nowhere else to go to engage in sexual activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the story didn\u2019t end there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the officer was going through Shay\u2019s belongings and informing her she was being trespassed from the property, the officer reportedly noticed her pick up a wallet containing what appeared to be a law-enforcement badge and law-enforcement identification. Shay allegedly said the items belonged to her cousin, who had given them to her. The appropriate law-enforcement agency was then notified about the badge and identification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shay was arrested and charged with exposure of sexual organs\/indecent exposure, a first-degree misdemeanor, and transported to the Polk County Jail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The affidavit identifies Timothy Shquwan Leverett as the male involved in the incident, although this particular report documents the charge and arrest of Shay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leverett was not arrested, and there is no mugshot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apparently, the area behind the shopping plaza dumpster was not considered a private suite.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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