Man naked from waist down intentionally crashes into Florida jail, say investigators

STUART, Florida (WPBF) — The Martin County Sheriff’s Office is investigating aft a partially clothed man collapsed his car into nan lobby of nan region jail.

Investigators opportunity 40-year-old Joseph Leedy is now successful custody aft driving from nan jailhouse parking lot, up nan walkway past done nan solid lobby doors.

He past entered nan lobby, naked from nan waist down. He besides threw rubber snakes astir nan lobby, and past doused his conveyance pinch centrifugal oil.

The sheriff’s agency says nan fishy was erratic, making homicidal statements. While besides making comments astir erstwhile President Donald Trump.

“He conscionable talked astir his hatred for nan erstwhile President Donald Trump. He besides emphasized that nan devil told him to termination arsenic galore group arsenic possible,” said Chief Deputy John Budensiek.

According to nan sheriff’s office, he was incapable to breach nan alloy information doors inside.

Sheriff’s agency officials said nary 1 was successful nan lobby astatine nan time, and they will beryllium looking into improving information astir nan beforehand of nan jail.

“We spot wherever this can’t hap again and location is simply a vulnerability. And again our first privilege is to support our citizens and deputies safe and do what we person to do to make judge this doesn’t hap again,” said Budensiek.

At this time, nary visitors are allowed wrong nan jail. The Sheriff’s Office hopes to person a makeshift doorway put successful by nan extremity of Tuesday evening.

Leedy faces aggregate counts of aggravated battle connected an officer.

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