A Sheriff is never off duty. On Friday evening, Sheriff Rick Staly was with his wife on his way to a dinner meeting when a super speeder flew-by his unmarked patrol car on I-95. Sheriff Staly conducted a traffic stop and arrested a Palm Coast man after his reckless driving reached speeds up to 125 mph on Interstate 95.
Shortly before 5 p.m., Sheriff Staly was traveling south on I-95 in his agency vehicle just south of the State Road 100 exit when a white 2016 Dodge Challenger with black racing stripes blew past him at a high rate of speed. Using his vehicle's certified speedometer, the Sheriff paced the Challenger between 115 and 125 mph for almost than six miles while trying to stop the driver who was constantly weaving across all three lanes of traffic and passing within three to four feet of the rear bumpers of slower cars.
The Sheriff activated his lights and siren, and the driver eventually pulled over on I-95 just south of Old Dixie Highway, in Volusia County. The driver, Arul Nayak, 22, of Palm Coast, turned off the car, placed the keys on the roof, and was taken into custody by the Sheriff without incident. As the traffic stop played out, passing drivers, who had been previously passed by this reckless driver, honked their horns, appreciating this driver had been stopped and arrested before he could injure or kill other drivers or his passengers.
Nayak, who has no prior criminal history, told Sheriff Staly he had a final pilot's exam on Saturday and that he hoped he would be out of jail in time.
"Driving 125 miles per hour and weaving through three lanes of traffic isn't a mistake, it's a decision to gamble with everyone else's life, including the three passengers sitting in his own car," said Sheriff Rick Staly. "This wanna-be pilot was flying fast and low, but he wasn't in an airplane and this wasn't his final exam."
Sheriff Staly arrested Nayak for willful and wanton reckless driving and violation of Florida's super speeder law. Because the stop ended just inside Volusia County, he was transported to the Volusia County Branch Jail, where he is being held on a $500 bond.
He was driving more than 100 MPH in a 45 mph zone.
As part of the plea agreement, prosecutors dismissed two second-degree murder charges. Scott was sentenced to 31 to 50 months, suspended in favor of 36 months of supervised probation. As a condition of probation, he must serve 180 days.
He KILLED two women and a 12yr old passenger suffered life-threatening injuries. a
His SENTENCE:
180 days in jail and then 36 months of supervised probation.
ZERO JUSTICE IN THIS CITY!
We HATE doing this... but as the largest police news outlet in the world, we have a duty to fight for good cops... but also call out BAD ones. And this? What a friggin' mess.
A legally blind Navy veteran was arrested after a deputy mistook his cane for a gun.
On October 31, 2022, James Hodges, then 61, was walking home in Lake City, Florida, after jury duty was canceled.
Deputy Jayme Gohde stopped him, believing the folded mobility cane in his back pocket was a handgun. Hodges immediately showed her it was a cane.
When he refused to provide identification and demanded the officers’ names and badge numbers, Sgt. Randy Harrison ordered him arrested for resisting without violence. Hodges spent time in jail before the charge was dropped.
Sheriff Mark Hunter called the deputies’ conduct “unacceptable” and publicly apologized.
Gohde received a two-day suspension without pay.
Harrison was demoted, given a seven-day suspension without pay, and barred from raises or promotions for two years. Both were ordered to complete remedial civil-rights training.
Hodges later filed a civil rights lawsuit that was settled out of court. A Navy veteran doing nothing wrong ended up in handcuffs over a white cane.
Sorry - but some people just shouldn't be cops.
#Florida #PoliceAccountability
@Abu_Salah9 This is why Jews get a bad rap. haughtiness and feel of self importance. Bunch of Christ killers no better than anyone else. But cry the loudest
Someone Needs to Explain how illiterate @BenCrump became a Lawyer. This is Embarrassing for People that have Shame but he’s black and Shame doesn’t Exist to them…
Regarde bien cette vidéo!!!
Ces mecs qui dansent avec le Kalash en bandoulière et le morceau de viande entre les dents…
C’est exactement le même soft que tu croises dans les cités.
Même regard.
Même énergie.
Même façon de célébrer la violence.
Et ça étonne encore qui qu’ils plantent des gens à tout va en France ?
Sauf qu’ici ils sont encore dans leur village.
Demain ils sont dans le tien.
Pendant ce temps les mêmes qui te parlent de « vivre-ensemble » continuent de faire semblant de ne rien voir.
Qui ose encore fermer les yeux ?
#LeDuc
While they keep you distracted with slave exhibits in Philadelphia your children are on Septa acting like animals, nothing to see here, it’s Trump’s fault 🙄! #FlipPhillyRed