LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) - A Lakeland City Commissioner wants to do away with a 69-year-old ordinance that prohibits people from spitting on the sidewalk or grass.

Commissioner Don Selvage says the ordinance is outdated and was going to address the issue with the full board on Friday.

Selvage's plan to nix the spitting ordinance comes eight months after a man was arrested for spitting on the sidewalk or grass at 2:30 a.m. May 30 near Florida Southern College. The charge against Joseph Stoiber, 29, was dropped by prosecutors.

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Lakeland, Florida -- Polk County deputies are searching for a man who stole beer from a Lakeland convenience store on July 14.

The sheriff's office says around 2:09 a.m., the man walked into the Circle K in the 7200 block of US Hwy 98 N, grabbed an 18-pack of Budweiser, and left without paying.

He is described as a white male, approximately 20 years old, and was last seen wearing a red shirt and jeans. The sheriff's office says the beer was on display next to the register.