Posted on 07/22/2025 8:35:14 AM PDT by DFG
He’s not laughing now.
A Miami doofus shouted “Psych!” at a cop and laughed in his face while starting to flee a traffic stop — only to almost immediately crash his sports car into a tractor-trailer, police said.
Eduardo Barbaro Gonzalez, 42, was spotted by a Miami officer engaging in what appeared to be a drug deal in a shopping center parking lot around 11 p.m. Wednesday when he saw the cop’s marked car and tried to pull away in his Dodge Charger.
The officer pulled his cruiser in front of Gonzalez’s car and lowered his window to try and talk to him, telling him he was not “free to leave,” according to a police report obtained by WPLG.
Gonzalez, who was on probation at the time and had eight warrants against him for various crimes, then “laughed out loud” and said “Hahaha, psych!” as he pounded the gas and sped off with his tires smoking, cops said.
About two blocks later, Gonzalez blew through a stop sign and crashed into an 18-wheeler, according to police.
Gonzalez tried to run away on foot but could only hobble after suffering a leg injury and was quickly taken into custody.
The Miami native was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital, where he gave cops a fake name and birthday. He was identified by his fingerprints, and police learned he had eight active warrants and an open case with the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office for fleeing and eluding.
He was booked into jail Friday and faces multiple fleeing and eluding and resisting arrest charges.
He was also hit with charges on probation warrants including involving aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, cocaine possession and grand theft.
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I object to using the term “sports car” for a Dodge Charger.
My nextdoor neighbor moved in a year ago, coming from Miami she said she couldn’t wait to get out......apparently it’s now completely a 3rd world banana republic.
hope the cops made him wear a dunce cap to the station lol
Miami goes from good to bad to good to bad.
The screwball left-wing nuts have found their future presidential candidate.
Was this guy Tony Montana??
Florida Hombre.
A spirited individual.
Me too!
If it was the EV version, I would object to it even being a car.
Muscle Car would be the correct term. (If equipped with a 5.7 or better.)
This guys sounds like he’s still in 7th grade.
Well we all shine on.......
Agreed. I had one as a rental 7 or 8 years ago and it was underwhelming. My 6-cyl Ford truck had more "sport".
Please enlighten me. Does yelling “Psych” at a cop supposed to mean something?
Psych? Did he just get out of a time machine from the 80’s?
...and get knocked right in the head.
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