Posted on 05/03/2022 6:46:41 PM PDT by simpson96
It was “Fast & Furious” in real life.
A lead-footed Florida driver led stunned cops on one of the longest and most dangerous police pursuits in recent history, hitting speeds of up to 180 mph and spanning hundreds of miles through several counties.
“The danger to innocent lives related to this crime cannot be overstated,” the Martin County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement Tuesday.
The chaos came to a halt after Richard St. Leger, 20, of Pompano Beach, finally ditched his stolen Mercedes SUV and fled into thick woods where he was tracked down by a police dog, officials said.
St. Leger, who was riding with a passenger, first fled pursuing officers in Orange County before flying through the counties of Osceola, Indian River, Okeechobee, St. Lucie and finally Martin.
The speed demon blew through several attempted traffic stops, and deputies suspended their ground pursuit at one point because the dangerously high speeds posed a risk to civilians.
But cops continued to track St. Leger with aviation units and made preparations to bring the terrifying joyride to a conclusion.
Martin County sheriff’s deputies set up “stop sticks” in St. Leger’s path as he zoomed around at 150 mph with his headlights off, the agency said. He drove directly over the devices and popped the car’s tires.
St. Leger abandoned the disabled vehicle and disappeared on foot into nearby woods with officers and police dogs in pursuit.
Despite being cornered, he still refused to surrender. Deputies sent a K-9 named Zorro into the remote area and the dog made the final collar.
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Yeah, my thought as well. BS.
The author is a Berkeley educated dumbass, so perhaps 180 is in kph rather than mph.
Then again, perhaps he just made up the speeds.
There is precedent:
My unit was a smooth top Dodge with a 400 in it and it would bury the 150 speedometer.
Rocked me, too!
Of course, only a highly trained professional race car driver, or a 20yo, who is still immortal, can drive at speeds like that and not have his heart just seize up!
Ah, to be young, fearless, and mindless again!
Cops shoulda just let the dogs eat him.
I found a picture of the car. It is an amg gle 63s maybe 53 cannot tell for sure
Speed limited to 177 by the computer
My Honda S2000 topped out at 160. Not that I tried it, but there were yahoos on YouTube having their girlfriend record it on their phones.
Good thing he didn’t have a Maserati, he might have gone 185,
lost his license...
No photo needed to identify perp. Just the facts ma’am!
I see what you did there.
Florida man in Florida. Who’d a thunk it?
I think that’s what the Asian dude had in the first, or close to first, Fast and Furious movies.
He’d have to get a limo, and ride in the back.
It was a great car. Everything you needed and nothing you didn’t. More fun than my Ducati Monster and a lot more comfortable.
Well I guess not!
my F550 Work truck has a speedometer that goes to 140, But its governed to not go past 3000 rpm in 5th gear, about 83 mph.
my 94 explorer’s speedo maxed at 85 and I know I got it past that at least once. real funny watching the needle go past that and point to the floor. Not my smartest idea ever, I blame it on being young and dumb....
Mercedes are designed for the Autobahn where there is no speed limit, and they drive fast.
Probably kph.
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