Late one night in November 2023, deputies in Polk County, Florida, responding to a car-burglary call, found a 37-year-old man trying to break into parked vehicles. He sped off through neighborhood streets and ended the chase by rear-ending a parked car.
Tattooed across his neck: “ALL GAS NO BRAKES.” He faced a long list of charges — vehicle burglary, fleeing, drug possession — and reportedly had a lengthy record. The whole thing, from the chase to the crash, was caught on video.
From Jake
In America you’re free to ink your creed onto your own body. So this happens. And honestly, the whole “Florida Man” name exists because of the Sunshine Law — since 1909, arrest records and police video are public by default, so every odd case is wide open to reporters. Body cams, dash cams, all of it comes out through records requests, so a full chase like this ends up streaming across the country. A case that’d never see daylight in another state is fully visible here. Last month’s dash-cam footage alone—