South Beach fitness influencer faces 5 felonies for running over cop, fleeing, police say

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – Armando Fogaça, a Brazilian-born personal trainer and fitness influencer with hundreds of thousands of followers on Instagram, was arrested Monday after authorities said he hit a Miami Beach police motorman and fled onto the MacArthur Causeway, where he wrecked into a vehicle at speed.

The 37-year-old South Beach resident ― seen in videos posted to the platform using his strength to crush watermelons and bend cooking pans ― is now facing the weight of the law. He cried while appearing in court on Tuesday.

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