Police: Man Arrested For 70th Time After Hit-And-Run Crash With Deputy
POSTED: Thursday, March 22, 2007
UPDATED: 6:51 am EDT March 23,
2007
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A Central Florida man was arrested Thursday afternoon for nearly the 70th time in six years after police said he tried to run over a sheriff's deputy who was riding a motorcycle. Rodney Antonio Griffin, 26, was arrested on multiple charges after being involved in the hit-and-run crash with an unidentified Orange County sheriff's deputy. Griffin was pulled over in the parking lot of the Orange County Sheriff's Office, and deputies said he got out of his car, apologizing to the deputy. "The deputy told him to get back in the car and to let him get off the motorcycle. What (Griffin) did was get back in the car, spun it around and came and hit the motorcycle," Carlos Padilla of the Orange County Sheriff's Office said. "It looks like he came right at the deputy on purpose." The deputy got back on the motorcycle and pursued Griffin to Amelia Avenue, where he abandoned his car and fled on foot, officials said. Deputies said Griffin ran into a house, out the back door and into a shed before being caught by a K-9, which bit him. The deputy did not suffer serious injuries although he said his right side hurts after his 700-pound motorcycle landed on top of him. Deputies told Local 6 News that Griffin has had his license suspended 25 times and has a violent criminal history, including arrests on drug and resisting arrest charges. Griffin was booked into the Orange County Jail. Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
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