Posted on 06/15/2022 1:50:55 PM PDT by simpson96
An 18-year-old Florida man with a lengthy criminal record was tackled into a muddy ditch after stealing a street sweeper and leading deputies on a chase early Monday, authorities said.
Sterling Orlando Davis-Jones, of Jacksonville, allegedly committed an armed carjacking of a pick-up truck that was being used as a street sweeper in Daytona Beach around 4 a.m.
Deputies in Flagler County were notified of the carjacking shortly after and spotted the vehicle, the sheriff's office said. The driver then bailed out of the stolen vehicle and ran away from deputies holding what authorities believed was a firearm.
After losing sight of the suspect, the sheriff’s office said K-9 teams and a Volusia County sheriff’s helicopter were called to help in the search.
Three hours into the search, a resident told deputies that a male fitting the suspect’s description was walking in his backyard. Deputies located the suspect, who began to flee.
One deputy, identified as Deputy Clay, eventually tackled the suspect to the ground, causing both men to land in a mud-filled ditch, the sheriff’s office said.(snip)
Davis-Jones, who was on juvenile probation for grand theft at the time of his arrest Monday, has a criminal history dating back to 2014 – when he was just 10 years old.
He was previously arrested for 18 misdemeanor offenses and 18 felony offenses, including multiple counts of burglary, several counts of grand theft of a motor vehicle, grand theft of a firearm, under 18 unlawful possession of a firearm, possession of firearm by a minor, robbery with a weapon, aggravated assault on law enforcement/EMT and grand theft of a fire extinguisher.
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If you can’t carjack a monster truck, then street sweeper seems like a good alternative.
I’m sure Florida man was just on a mission to clean something up.
I am surprised he was described as an 18 year old man, and not a “teen”.
Looks like he has a promising career as a Demonicrat politician.
Looks like the street was swept with Florida Man 🤪
He’ll have murdered his first victim (if he hasn’t already) within a year.
Keeping the meme alive.
A halfway competent attorney could get him off.
“Your Honor, my client saw a need in his community to clean some of the debris collecting on his street. Debris that the City had failed to address.”
“This debris represented a clear and present danger to the children of the community.”
“He borrowed the street sweeper and intended to return it after he had accomplished his humanitarian mission.”
Yer back?!? d;^)
Oh dear. I do hope all that mud didn’t mess up his hairdo.
Very satisfying photos.
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