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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. _ The tanned tourist left his sailboat floating at the Bahia Mar and, shirtless, skated toward town in his swimsuit.
He planned to grab some boat parts at a marine supply shop downtown and return to his boat and African gray parrot, Clifford.
The next few hours of Scott Bursor's day will cost city taxpayers more than $65,000.
Bursor was arrested that February day last year, cuffed, jailed and, he claims, strip searched.
His crime: skating on the wrong side of the road.
Bursor filed a lawsuit, and city officials last month agreed to settle the case with a payout. This was a case that troubled officials.
Though city jail officials deny strip-searching Bursor, a videotape showed Bursor being led to the "Strip Room" before he moved out of camera range.