A drunken Florida man, desperate to escape pursuing police, abandoned his car Sunday after a lengthy police chase, but not before hitting the window with his head and falling “like a dolphin,” cops said.
Wild body camera footage shows Tyler Fayconsolo, 24, throwing himself out of the passenger side window after smashing the glass with nothing but his skull.
“That’s one way to use your head,” the Marion County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement accompanying the bizarre foot and car chase.
Fayconsolo immediately took off and continued fleeing on foot, but did not get far before a K9 forced him to submit to officers.
He was taken to a hospital where he allegedly admitted he was “high as shit.”
Police had been chasing Fayconsolo for several miles since they caught him driving erratically leaving a gas station in Ocala, a city about 80 miles northwest of Orlando.
Body camera footage shows the allegedly drunk driver swerving in and out of his lane, including onto the opposite side of the road and through large swaths of vegetation.
Tyler Fayconsolo was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, fleeing with aggravated injury or harm, and resisting without violence. Marion County Sheriff’s Office
At one point, the runaway driver nearly ran over two people who were parked at the beginning of a trail that Fayconsolo allegedly drove through.
At times, Fayconsolo reached top speeds of 100 miles per hour while fleeing.
In separate attempts to stop Fayconsolo, officers performed a pit maneuver and deployed stop levers, but the fugitive continued to accelerate with four flat tires and his rear bumper dragging on the road, the video shows.
Ultimately, Fayconsolo’s vehicle was disabled when it went through a residential fence that was covered in concrete.
Police had been chasing Fayconsolo for several miles since they caught him driving erratically leaving a gas station in Ocala, a city about 80 miles northwest of Orlando. Fayconsolo, of the Marion County Sheriff’s Office, hit his head on the passenger side window and went flying like a dolphin. The sheriff’s office said. Marion County Sheriff’s Office
“This is where Tyler used his head, but not the way he should… he hit the passenger side window and went flying like a dolphin,” the sheriff’s office said. “But in true Tyler fashion, he stopped using his head once again and he thought running away from a K-9 was a great idea.”
In the video, K9 Jet can be seen biting the top of Fayconsolo’s legs as officers run to catch up with the dog.
“It’s biting me, please! Please stop it! Fayconsolo screamed moments before officers released the dog and handcuffed the driver.
Fayconsolo then tries to tell the officers that “someone tried to rob him,” to which an officer simply says, “It’s okay.”
After hitting the window with his head, the suspect threw himself out of the car and landed on his hands. Marion County Sheriff’s Office Before pursuing deputies could reach him, Fayconsolo had already climbed the fence while fleeing the scene. In the video, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office Jet K9 can be seen biting the upper part of Fayconsolo’s legs before officers arrested the suspect. Marion County Sheriff’s Office
He was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, fleeing with injury or aggravated damage and resisting without violence.
His bond was set at $53,000 and his next court date was set for Nov. 14, online jail records show.
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