The Brief
- A mother, her husband, and their two young children were at a stop sign when they encountered 51-year-old Jaboule Casimir stopped in the middle of the road inside a Jeep Wrangler.
- Despite not having a stop sign, Casimir allegedly gestured for the family to turn. When they proceeded, investigators say Casimir accelerated at high speed and hit their car on purpose.
- Casimir was recently arrested. A judge set his bond at $54,000.
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – More than a year after a family of four was hurt in a crash in Orange County, Florida, detectives have arrested a man for allegedly staging the crash, known as the “left turn wave-thru.”
What is a left turn wave-thru?
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Detectives described the left turn wave-thru as a “well-known and well-used staged crash tactic.”
According to the report, the alleged criminal typically stopped at an intersection where there are no traffic signals and motions to let someone make a left turn in front of them. Once the person starts to make the turn, the criminal then speeds up, crashes into the vehicle, and claims the other vehicle ran the stop sign.…