Imagine you’re a Florida sheriff’s deputy and you get a call about a carjacking at a Holiday Inn Express. A Florida man just stole a van after fighting the driver, and now he’s on the run. Before you can even put out an APB, another call comes in—some lunatic just crashed a van straight into Smash Fitness. No prizes for guessing who’s behind the wheel.
That’s how Adam Naylor, 42, turned a quick carjacking into a full-blown police chase. He swiped a van, immediately lost control, and rammed it into a gym. Then, instead of sticking around to explain himself, he took off running. If he hadn’t made one crucial mistake, he might have even gotten away. He forgot about K-9 Dundee.
Florida man’s getaway plan dumber than his van-theft crime
I suppose overpowering a driver to steal their van works up to a point. That’s Carjacking 101. You have a problem when they report it missing, but Naylor doesn’t seem like the plan-ahead type. Even so, maybe make sure you can drive it before you take off. Because crashing the stolen van into a fitness center before even making it out of town? That’s a next-level screw-up.
According to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, after his spectacular failure at stunt driving, Naylor fled on foot. Deputies arrived at the gym to find the front of the building caved in, gym equipment scattered, and witnesses pointing in the direction of the suspect’s escape…