A man in Volusia County, Fla., led authorities on quite the chase after he stole a police car and proceeded to zoom down a highway.
The chase didn’t end there, however, as the man proceeded to steal another of the same department’s vehicles after crashing the first.
10 Tampa Bay WTSP News reports that 33-year-old Xavier Javern Cummings stole the first vehicle from the Cocoa Police Department on Thursday afternoon. Authorities proceeded to pursue Cummings down I-95, where they managed to force him off the road and into the woods. It was there that the stolen cruiser crashed and became stuck.
According to the Volusia Sheriff’s Office Facebook page — which posted a video capturing the incident — Cummings jumped out of the stolen car as officers approached the wreckage. He then somehow was able to get into yet another Cocoa Police Department vehicle, zooming northbound on the highway.
“After units along I-95 successfully deployed stop sticks, the suspect again ran off the 258 mile marker, where Sheriff Mike Chitwood and Division Chief Brian Henderson approached the vehicle,” reads the post. “Additional units quickly converged behind them to take the suspect into custody. No injuries were reported.”
Cummings was taken into custody shortly after the second crash occurred. He is currently facing charges of armed burglary of a conveyance; escape; fleeing or attempting to elude law enforcement; possession of a firearm by a convicted felon (two counts); grand theft firearm; (two counts); grand theft motor vehicle (two counts) and driving with a suspended license.
It remains unclear how Cummings managed to steal the first police car.
