A bizarre incident recently unfolded in Highlands County, Florida, when 39-year-old Richard Christopher Smith of Miami led deputies on a car chase after allegedly stealing alcohol from a convenience store.
During the pursuit, bodycam footage captured Smith holding a can of Ketel One vodka spritz out his window, offering it to a deputy while saying, “I was just going to give you a drink, that’s it,” before speeding off.
The chase ended when Smith crashed his black minivan in a business parking lot at Sebring Airport. After exiting the vehicle while casually smoking a cigarette, he ignored commands, was tased, and arrested. While being handcuffed, Smith asked deputies, “You guys had fun, though, right?”
He faces charges including aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, battery on a law enforcement officer, resisting arrest, DUI, refusal to submit to a DUI test, and petit theft. His bond was set at $120,000.
The Highlands County Sheriff’s Office noted the incident’s oddity, stating it “might make the books.”
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