LAKELAND, Fla. – A Lakeland man is behind bars facing a laundry list of charges after allegedly going on a destructive joyride that targeted neighborhood mailboxes, ending only when deputies found him passed out and huffing compressed air. Read on.
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd detailed the incident on Thursday, describing 43-year-old Robert Saunders as a “dangerous person” with a long history of traffic and drug offenses.
The situation unfolded when emergency responders began receiving calls about a driver plowing through property in a residential area. According to the Sheriff’s Office, Saunders struck a set of mailboxes on one street, kept driving, and proceeded to run over several more on a different road…