He’s not laughing now.
A Miami doofus shouted “Psych!” at a cop and laughed in his face whereas beginning to flee a site visitors cease — solely to nearly instantly crash his sports activities automobile right into a tractor-trailer, police mentioned.
Eduardo Barbaro Gonzalez, 42, was noticed by a Miami officer partaking in what seemed to be a drug deal in a shopping mall parking zone round 11 p.m. Wednesday when he noticed the cop’s marked automobile and tried to drag away in his Dodge Charger.
The officer pulled his cruiser in entrance of Gonzalez’s automobile and lowered his window to try to speak to him, telling him he was not “free to depart,” in line with a police report obtained by WPLG.
Gonzalez, who was on probation on the time and had eight warrants in opposition to him for varied crimes, then “laughed out loud” and mentioned “Hahaha, psych!” as he pounded the fuel and sped off together with his tires smoking, cops mentioned.
About two blocks later, Gonzalez blew by means of a cease signal and crashed into an 18-wheeler, in line with police.
Gonzalez tried to run away on foot however may solely hobble after struggling a leg damage and was shortly taken into custody.
The Miami native was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital, the place he gave cops a faux identify and birthday. He was recognized by his fingerprints, and police discovered he had eight energetic warrants and an open case with the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Workplace for fleeing and eluding.
He was booked into jail Friday and faces a number of fleeing and eluding and resisting arrest expenses.
He was additionally hit with expenses on probation warrants together with involving aggravated battery with a lethal weapon, cocaine possession and grand theft.
