Drunk driver flees scene, reports car stolen, gets arrested

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Drunk driver flees scene, reports car stolen, gets arrested

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It was quite a night, officer
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When Pasco authorities began in­vestigating the wrecked Cadillac, who­ever crashed it was already gone. The car sat empty and banged up Wednes­day near a damaged power pole at Hudson Avenue and Little Road.

Then, someone called the Sheriff ’s Office to report the Cadillac stolen. The caller was told to come to the crash scene. Wade Jeffrey Whitman arrived, according to Florida Highway Patrol reports, and revealed pieces of his previous night’s activities.

The 33-year-old Hudson man said he’d been to Hudson Beach. On his way home, he got into a wreck. He didn’t remember how it happened.

When he woke up in the car, Whit­man said, he panicked and called someone to pick him up. That resulted in his first charge: leaving the scene of a crash.

Next, investigators noticed Whit­man had bloodshot eyes and his bal­ance was poor. They had him perform field sobriety tests, which he failed. Charge: driving under the influence.

Whitman remained in jail Thurs­day in lieu of $1,000 bail.

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I wonder when they will add making false statements for claiming the car was stolen.
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It looks more like the guy, in his drunken stupor, actually believed the car to have been stolen, cause he couldn't figure out where it was.

It's comical either way. :roll:
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