Marion County Sheriff’s Office
A Florida man is facing charges for allegedly firing a flare gun at a deputy’s patrol vehicle before stripping down to his underwear in a bizarre confrontation that ended with his arrest.
The Marion County Sheriff’s Office said a deputy spotted a man walking in the road on Highway 19 at around 4:20 a.m. on Tuesday and stopped to “check on him.” According to video released by the sheriff’s office, that’s when the man, later identified as Jacob Daniel Caldwell, fired a flare gun directly at the deputy’s vehicle.
The deputy orders Caldwell multiple times to “get on the ground now,” but he simply walks off the highway onto a dirt road, ranting…