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Florida man arrested for tossing golf clubs at other drivers before punching trooper
Fox 13 ^ | 12/23/2020 | Staff

Posted on 12/26/2020 7:37:27 PM PST by simpson96

TAMPA, Fla. - A North Port man was arrested after he allegedly tossed golf clubs from his van at other cars, then assaulted an FHP trooper who ended up having to use a stun gun on him.

Troopers say they received a complaint this afternoon about the driver heading northbound on Interstate 75, throwing golf clubs from his work van near the Sun City Center Boulevard exit.

When a trooper caught up with him near Fowler Avenue and pulled him over, they say the driver – later identified as Jonathan Edward Day – got out of the van clutching a golf club.

Dashcam from the arresting officer shows a white van being pulled over when he suddenly veers off the road and into a construction site.

Once stopped, the officer is heard several times yelling for the driver to exit his van and put his golf clubs down. The man gets out of the van, but has a golf club with him. As the officer tries to get him on the ground, the driver tries to flee, the video shows.

FHP said the driver then struck the trooper with a fist, and pulled at his uniform and radio. That’s when the trooper used his Taser to subdue him.

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KEYWORDS: booze; crime; drugs; florida; floridaman
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To: simpson96

Is that Tommy Bolt?


21 posted on 12/26/2020 10:16:00 PM PST by Laslo Fripp (The Sybil of Free Republic)
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To: Laslo Fripp

Terrible Tommy sensibly taught throwing them ahead of you down the fairway.


22 posted on 12/26/2020 10:35:33 PM PST by Hebrews 11:6 (Do you REALLY believe that (1) God IS, and (2) God IS GOOD? Then SEEK HIM!)
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To: bramps

Ya work for it, that’s fer sher!


23 posted on 12/26/2020 11:23:32 PM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: simpson96

Punching a trooper is never going to end well.


24 posted on 12/26/2020 11:25:17 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith.....)
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To: GOYAKLA; Ken H; Yardstick

They can continue their act at The Hole in One


25 posted on 12/26/2020 11:26:54 PM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: simpson96
"The man brandished an assault-style niblick at the officers."

Journalists nowadays! It was a putter!

Regards,

26 posted on 12/26/2020 11:36:04 PM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: bramps

Now I’m hungry for some tri-tip at The 19th Hole in Tres Pinos, just south of Hollister, CA


27 posted on 12/26/2020 11:37:41 PM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: simpson96
Florida man arrested for tossing golf clubs at other drivers before punching trooper

Well, no wonder he was arrested. Everyone knows that under Florida law you are supposed to FIRST punch the trooper, THEN toss golf clubs at other drivers. Geez!!

28 posted on 12/26/2020 11:48:03 PM PST by SFConservative
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To: Irenic
Some people just love that sport to pieces, I just don't see it. There's got to be a catch because plenty of people get the bug bad.

Same here. I played during my Air Force careers, because it was more or less expected. There were always numerous tournaments with the brass and community leaders. I still play maybe 3 times a years as a favor to friends who need a 4th. But I never really got into golf.

Many times, it's an excuse to drink. I've golfed with many people who drank before, during, and after the game. Not everyone mind you, but enough.

Also, if you are a hard core player - you are going to be spending a hell of a lot of free time away from your wife, kids, and other friends and family to play the game.

29 posted on 12/27/2020 3:20:21 AM PST by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: elcid1970; Irenic

I KNEW THAT THERE WAS SOMEBODY ELSE HAD TO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND flog !!!

The World’s most useless sport. Cow Pasture Pool.

I used to go see the “condo lake resort” scams and when the salesperson would unload the great “I have just what you’re looking for” line and show Me the Pup tent lot. Where I could walk out the door and be on the 187th Green !

I would turn to the Wife and say “LOOK BABY, I can sit on the back porch and Shoot Skeetball with the new 12 Gauge and not even leave the house!!!”

Then I would ask what cheap toy did we win ? WHAT ? We won the 88 piece Portable Stereo System !!! It’s got an AM/FM/8 Track Player and 4 Speakers AND ONLY takes 81 D Cell Batteries to run it !!!

NO you idiot stick salescamer I WILL NOT SIGN THE CONTRACT!!!

Did I mention that I HATE FLOG ???


30 posted on 12/27/2020 5:40:18 AM PST by mabarker1 ((Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress !!!!)
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To: SFConservative

Florida Man went from the link to the clink.


31 posted on 12/27/2020 5:44:36 AM PST by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: SkyPilot

Golf doesn’t seem to have many in between, it’s either a passion or it’s tolerated.


32 posted on 12/27/2020 7:14:43 AM PST by Irenic
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To: mabarker1

hahaha! You’re a stinker!


33 posted on 12/27/2020 7:16:15 AM PST by Irenic
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To: mabarker1

Heh, heh! Best rant I’ve read in months!

Antifloggers of the world, unite!

OBTW, time spent on FR is worth far more than time spent flogging.

;^)


34 posted on 12/27/2020 8:20:33 AM PST by elcid1970 ("Pres. Trump doesn't wear glasses. That's because he's got 2020.")
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To: elcid1970; Irenic; Chode; All

Thank You, Thank You. I’ll be here all week !

What REALLY ticked Me off was when they had their OWN DAMNED CHANNEL OF THE CRAP PLAYING 24/7/365 AND THEY STILL PLAYED THE REPLAYS OF THE CRAP ON ALPHABUTT CHANNELS INSTEAD OF LIVE NASCAR (back in the Winston Cup days before the anti-tobacco scum killed it and created nutscar), NHRA, CART (back in the Day. Hopefully now that The Capitan, Rodger Penske owns Indycar & The Indianapolis Track maybe He can fix things.), F1, Air Races !!! At least I could BLOCK THE SCUMBAGS STUPID CHANNEL...

I wonder how well a flog Ping List would work ? Nah, then I would have to look for things to Ping about/to. Maybe the NOT a flog List, List. I’ll have to mull that one over for a while, possibly sports bloopers or something like that.


35 posted on 12/27/2020 3:35:19 PM PST by mabarker1 ((Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress !!!!)
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To: mabarker1
65 and i still shoot high 70's to low 80's, any hotter than that i don't go
36 posted on 12/27/2020 3:49:38 PM PST by Chode (Send bachelors and come heavily armed. )
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To: Chode; elcid1970; Irenic; All
I didn’t know You did that stuff. I will send You a Social Worker Shrink from the “Home” that called You the other day 😎

0-BE92839-C2-C1-45-F0-9-EE6-19-DCCA98-B2-F6

?Eskimo flogger?


37 posted on 12/27/2020 4:13:32 PM PST by mabarker1 ((Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress !!!!)
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To: mabarker1

it’s a joke... 8^)


38 posted on 12/27/2020 4:19:59 PM PST by Chode (Send bachelors and come heavily armed. )
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To: Chode

Flew right over My pea brain.😁 I’ll call off the SW dogs. RUFF-RUFF !!!


39 posted on 12/27/2020 4:35:02 PM PST by mabarker1 ((Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress !!!!)
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To: Irenic; Chode; elcid1970; Salamander; All
Then there was the salescum idiot that wanted Us to go in his car for the 3 hour tour around the resort. We said only if the Dogs could ride with Us. He said no but We could park them in the shade and leave them in Our car. I looked at him and told him that was NOT going to happen in the 100°F+ Texas Summer ! I told him We could follow him. He said that he needed to be able to talk to Us while driving. I told him he could choose the option from the 2 mentioned and the 3rd one that he can ride in Our car (1968 BMW 2002 with no A/C and the back seat had been removed and replaced with carpeted plywood for the Dogs to be able to hold on with Their claws while cornering.) he chose the 3rd one.

He found out about the details when We made him ride in the back seat with the Dogs (Our Doberman and German Shepard) in his Suit & Tie.

Then when We got rolling he drug Us to the flogzone We asked for something more remote. He takes Us to the end of the paved roads and We went off road for a while where We could look down the Surveyors Lines through the Woods. So We stop and unload from the car including the Dogs. And being Dogs they took off at full speed into the Woods on the hunt.😎

< evil voice >BWAHAHAAA, < /evil voice > 2½ hours later the Dogs came back for water. I knew We could count on Them.👍

I don't even remember the "Prize" from that one...

40 posted on 12/27/2020 5:08:03 PM PST by mabarker1 ((Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress !!!!)
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