Re: Driver with no arms and one leg eludes police????

On May 10, 1:04 pm, Jon Enslin <jens...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On May 10, 12:02 pm, "The Cheesehusker, Trade Warrior"





<Iamtj4l...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
This can't be true...I mean WTF?

http://www.sptimes.com/2007/05/09/Pasco/Armless_driver_eludes.shtml

NEW PORT RICHEY - For about eight minutes on Tuesday, through the
streets near downtown, police chased a driver who had no arms and one
good leg.

He got away.

He is used to this sort of thing.

Authorities say the driver was Michael Francis Wiley, 40, who overcame
three amputations, taught himself to drive with stumps and proceeded
to become one of Pasco County's most accomplished traffic violators.

His license has been suspended so many times that driving itself has
become a felony.

Which brings us to Tuesday, about 12:50 p.m., when a New Port Richey
Police officer spotted Wiley in a suspicious vehicle - a blue Ford
Explorer - at a convenience store off U.S. 19, according to Capt.
Darryl Garman. When the officer went to investigate, the Explorer took
off.

The chase, eventually joined by a second officer, led down the highway
to Sunset Road and Veterans Drive, back to 19, back to Sunset, and
finally over the bridge into Port Richey.

But the Explorer was spotted a minute later on Grand Boulevard, Garman
said. From there it went to River Gulf Road, then south on Washington
Street to Massachusetts Avenue. About 1 p.m., the officers broke off
the chase because it could have put others in danger, Garman said. The
Explorer was last seen heading south on Grand.

Police will seek an arrest warrant for Wiley today; charges could
include fleeing to elude and habitually driving with a revoked
license.

If it really was Wiley behind the wheel Tuesday - and it is hard to
imagine him being confused with another driver - this was not his most
spectacular car chase. In 1998, while driving a green Corvette, he led
deputies down Interstate 75 at nearly 120 mph.

According to court records, Wiley has stolen a car, kicked a state
trooper and attacked his wife headfirst. He is awaiting trial on
separate drug and illegal-driving charges. He faces up to five years
in prison.

Most Ford Explorers have automatic transmissions, though several
people say Wiley is perfectly competent with a stick shift.

"He is one of the best drivers I've ever seen in my life, " said Lee
Michie, a longtime acquaintance. "But he's the worst person I've ever
met."

http://www.sptimes.com/2006/08/20/Floridian/Free_wheelin_.shtml

Jon- Hide quoted text -


That's messed up

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