Amazingly not Florida
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An
Oklahoma man who could not find a ride to a criminal court hearing on accusations that he had stolen a car worsened his legal peril by stealing an ambulance service’s truck and driving himself to the courthouse, authorities allege.
The bizarre case centers on Kody Adams, who was recently at a gasoline station in the community of Stillwater asking passersby whether they would drive him to Pawnee – about 30 minutes away – so that he could attend a court hearing there, as the
Oklahoma highway patrol tells it.
Adams was due in court on charges of possessing a stolen vehicle, the state highway patrol
said in a Facebook post dated 27 September. And when no one could bring him, he commandeered an ambulance service supervisor’s pickup that had been left running as well as unattended, and Adams drove it to Pawnee, the highway patrol’s Preston Cox told the Oklahoma news outlet
KOCO.
He ditched the pickup, showed up to court – and was arrested by a highway patrol trooper as he walked into the courthouse for his hearing, according to the agency.
The trooper, Ryan Long, accompanied Adams to his court date. But then Long also took Adams to the jail and booked him with new charges after Adam allegedly said he had merely been “borrowing” the pickup.
“Here’s one you don’t see everyday,” the highway patrol’s post about Adams’ arrest said.……
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...n-police-court-hearing?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other