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Want a Drink, Officers???
Deputy Cops a Vodka Spritzer Mid-Chase
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Highlands County Sheriff’s Workplace
A Florida man tried to buddy up with a sheriff’s deputy throughout a high-speed chase … allegedly providing him a vodka spritzer — though they had been really going after him!
The wild scene went down in Highlands County, FL this previous weekend … when deputies declare they chased 39-year-old Richard Christopher Smith of Miami — sharing physique cam video from their interplay.
The Highlands County Sheriff’s Workplace footage from the chase … kicking off with a man driving a minivan displaying an officer a can of what they declare is a can of Ketel One Vodka Spritz.
The person appears to yell out, “I used to be gonna offer you a drink” earlier than dashing off into the road, regardless of the deputy’s instructions to cease.
In a while, physique cam footage reveals police placing down spike strips to slash the van’s tires … and, the high-speed chase rapidly turned a low-speed pursuit earlier than the van crashed into one other car.
The driving force is instructed to get on the bottom … however, he would not comply — calmly smoking a cigarette and advancing in naked ft towards deputies earlier than he is tased.
The person, who cops allege is Smith, is then cuffed and arrested … however, not earlier than asking cops in the event that they had fun chasing him.
The sheriff’s division says Smith has been charged with two counts of aggravated assault on a legislation enforcement officer, battery on a legislation enforcement officer, two counts of resisting arrest, DUI, refusal to undergo a DUI check, and petit theft. His bond was set at $120,000.
Cops did not pal round and knock just a few again with this suspect … and, there’s an opportunity the subsequent factor he’ll be toasting with is wine made in a jail bathroom.
