Florida Friday: Clearwater Man Joined High-Speed Chase, Crashes Into Cop Car
Posted by: Timothy Tibbetts on 02/26/2016 02:39 PM [ Comments ]
I've seen people try to pass themselves off as a cop but this one goes above and beyond.
Police say a Clearwater man joined in the chase for the stolen car this past week except he was driving his own vehicle as fast as 85 miles per hour while swerving in and out of lanes and pacing police vehicles involved in the chase.
Say hello to Charles William Long, 60 who was accused of following directly in front of and in between police vehicles “with wanton disregard to the safety of the public.
Being Florida Friday, there must be more, right? There is. It turns out that Long’s participation in the chase ended when he followed too closely and crashed into the rear of a police cruiser.
Long told officers “I want to be a police officer. I wanted to be in the pursuit for you guys.”
He was arrested on a charge of reckless driving with property damage or injury. Long is retired, according to the arrest affidavit.
Source: WFLA NBC News-8
Say hello to Charles William Long, 60 who was accused of following directly in front of and in between police vehicles “with wanton disregard to the safety of the public.
Being Florida Friday, there must be more, right? There is. It turns out that Long’s participation in the chase ended when he followed too closely and crashed into the rear of a police cruiser.
Long told officers “I want to be a police officer. I wanted to be in the pursuit for you guys.”
He was arrested on a charge of reckless driving with property damage or injury. Long is retired, according to the arrest affidavit.
Source: WFLA NBC News-8
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