Pool Float Pervert Pleads To Felony Charges

JUNE 2--A man who admitted sexually gratifying himself with pool floats has pleaded guilty to a months-long burglary spree that netted him dozens of inflatable partners, according to court records.

In a deal with Florida prosecutors, Christopher Monnin, 41, copped to theft and burglary charges on the eve of his scheduled June 2 criminal trial in Brevard County.

While such felony convictions carry stiff maximum prison terms, Monnin’s plea deal resulted in a downward departure, in part, because he “requires specialized treatment for a mental disorder that is unrelated to substance abuse or addiction,” according to a court filing which noted that the defendant was “amenable to treatment.”

A judge sentenced Monnin to two years of “community control,” an intensive form of probation that compares to house arrest. He will then be placed on standard probation for eight additional years.

Seen above, Monnin, who was also fined $840, had spent eight months in the county jail before being released on bond.

Monnin’s case, which has dragged on for years, began following his 1:30 AM “suspicious person” arrest by a Palm Bay Police Department officer.  The cop spotted Monnin riding a bicycle and carrying a “white garbage bag full of what he identified as deflated pool floats.”

Since Palm Bay had been “plagued with burglaries in which the suspect cuts the screen or otherwise enters a victim’s back pool area and steals only pool floats,” Monnin was identified as a prime suspect. Monnin lived in Palm Bay, where police had received more than a dozen separate reports about pool float burglaries.

During police questioning, Monnin reportedly admitted burglarizing several residences and swiping “many floats.” Monnin directed investigators to a vacant house--across the street from his Palm Bay residence--where he stored the purloined floats.

As detailed in a police report, cops found about 75 pool floats in the house. 

As detailed in a police report, cops found about 75 pool floats in the house. A search warrant inventory lists some of the seized items: a lounge chair with cup holders; a duck float; a lobster float; a french fries float; a pizza float; a turtle float; a whale float; a banana float; an elephant float; a watermelon float; and a float shaped like a piece of bacon. He also had stolen a Shaquille O’Neal-branded “Shaq” inflatable lounger.

Monnin, whose home did not have a pool, reportedly told police that he “sexually gratifies himself with the floats and does this instead of raping women.”

Prior to the May 29 pool float plea, Monnin had been convicted of burglary, theft, loitering and prowling, and violating probation. Each of his prior burglary convictions--which date back to 2007 and 2008--involved the theft of pool floats. When he was collared in 2017 for loitering and prowling, he was found with an inflatable raft in his bike basket. (4 pages)