ST. LUCIE COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) — A traffic stop over a broken headlight ended with stop sticks, a PIT maneuver, pepper balls, and a felony arrest Thursday night, according to the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office.
Captain Andrew Bolonka said a deputy patrolling the 9600 block of South Ocean Boulevard on South Hutchinson Island tried to pull over a pickup truck with a headlight out. Instead of stopping, the driver made a U-turn and began spinning doughnuts in the road. Other drivers had to swerve to avoid a crash.
The truck stopped briefly. When the deputy pulled in behind it, Bolonka said the driver made another U-turn, cut across all lanes of traffic, and accelerated toward the patrol car. The deputy had to swerve out of the way, and the moment was captured on the deputy’s body-worn camera…