Florida man in lawnmower DUI crash accuses cops of poisoning him, police say
Police didn’t have a hard time catching a Florida man suspected of driving his lawnmower drunk — because the man crashed right into an officer’s car, authorities said.
Gary Wayne Anderson, 68, was driving a lawnmower in Haines City, Florida, on Saturday around 7 p.m. when he struck the parked police cruiser while an officer was inside a nearby business, according to a police news release. Police said the impact made “a loud noise.”
The officer went outside to investigate and discovered a bit of damage to the cruiser’s bumper. That’s when Anderson admitted to hitting the vehicle but denied that he had damaged the car, police said. Anderson also told the officer “that he was drunk,” the news release said.
Police said Anderson couldn’t complete a field sobriety test and had a demeanor that “ranged from laughing to aggressive.” He also had “extremely bloodshot watery eyes,” an arrest affidavit said.
“F--- it, I’m drunk,” Anderson told an officer, according to the affidavit. “Take me to jail.”
Read more: https://www.macon.com/news/nation-world/national/article230086309.html
(Macon Telegraph)
"Test results revealed Anderson’s blood-alcohol content was .241 percent, which is more than three times the legal limit in Florida, and that Anderson had cocaine in his system."
