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Florida man drove through cemetery, damaged headstones, ultimately crashed into house
WPXI 11 News ^ | February 18, 2023 | Jessica Goodman, Cox Media Group National Content Desk

Posted on 02/18/2023 7:29:26 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

BARTOW, Fla. — A man was arrested after he drove through a cemetery in Bartow, Florida. He damaged some headstones of some graves and ultimately crashed into a house.

Police saw Timothy David Adams, 40, recklessly driving and witnessed him run a stop sign just after midnight Thursday, according to WFLA. Officers attempted to stop Adamas but he fled the area.

Officers tried to chase Adams but he turned off his lights which made it harder to follow him, according to WTVT.

Adams ended up driving through a fence near Stuart Street which was on the side of Wildwood Cemetary, according to WFLA. Adams hit about six headstones.

Adams fled the scene again but just a few minutes later, Adams missed a turn and crashed into a house, according to WTVT.

“Officers moving tombstones back into place at Wildwood Cemetery after a suspect ran amuck, trying to elude the police, before crashing into a family’s home, and then subsequently arrested,” Bartow Police Department said on Facebook.

Police say they found methamphetamine inside Adams’ car when they searched it, WTVT reported.

WFLA reported that the judge found probable cause for two of six counts which involved the gravestones plus other additional charges.

The car Adams was driving had stolen tags. According to WFLA, the owner of the stolen car had insurance on it which is expected to help with the city with repairs as well as the homeowners of the house that the car crashed into.

No further information has been released.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Health/Medicine; Local News; Miscellaneous; Outdoors; Society; Travel
KEYWORDS: bartow; carchase; cemetery; crash; desecration; florida; floridaman; house; meth
Facebook posting from the Bartow Police Department in the original article.
1 posted on 02/18/2023 7:29:26 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
...a suspect ran amuck...

It has been a long time since I have run amuck. The kids do it all the time. Maybe I should join them.

But not through a cemetery.

That would be weird.

2 posted on 02/18/2023 7:48:35 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (The nation of france was named after a hedgehog... The hedgehog's name was Kevin... Don't ask)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

FLORIDA METH MAN!

Turns out about like you would think.

3 posted on 02/18/2023 7:55:15 PM PST by Delta 21 (MAGA Republican is my pronoun.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Officers tried to chase Adams but he turned off his lights which made it harder to follow him....

I remember some of ghr roads in south Florida had crushed corsl roadbeds. The shoulders of the roads were white, and when there was s good moon, you could haul ass down them with the lights off.

4 posted on 02/18/2023 8:06:42 PM PST by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

There are weird people in all states. But I rarely see a headline saying New York man did this or that. But Florida is always mentioned. Is this an attempt to make DeSantis look bad?


5 posted on 02/18/2023 8:17:43 PM PST by entropy12 (Food is most popular anxiety drug, exercise is the least popular.)
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To: entropy12

I’m wondering that myself.


6 posted on 02/18/2023 8:34:22 PM PST by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as. )
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To: entropy12

5. Yes. All the leftist media are now focused on Gov. DeSantis in an attempt to blame him for what evil and mentally ill people do in Florida. Trying to derail any possible presidential nomination/run in 2024.


7 posted on 02/18/2023 9:05:19 PM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper (Figures )
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

My MIL recently passed away. She is buried in a graveyard I regularly bicycle by. I been stopping there weekly to place flowers. I noticed a local cat being let out at night has been digging a small hole on her grave, always in the same spot. So I been fixing that but last time I saw the cat had a fit and was digging on several nearby graves. I was going to fix those too but then left them be, so people can see what is happening. My wife said her mother would not care, she loved animals. It’s not like a cat is going to dig up a coffin. Right?


8 posted on 02/18/2023 10:08:30 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: entropy12

Here in my area (Pittsburgh PA metro), articles are often written about “McKeesport man” or “Bridgeville man,” (two towns around here). It happened before DeSantis regarding “Florida man” articles. I just searched in Google News archives and found articles from 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015...


9 posted on 02/18/2023 10:46:59 PM PST by PghBaldy (12/14/12 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Why “Florida man?” Because more of the crimes are weird because of the drug culture there. It’s like California. Even though drug abuse hasn’t been legalized much there, yet, tolerance for drug abuse is extreme. Over the past few decades, it’s been a mecca for people who do drugs.


10 posted on 02/18/2023 11:39:10 PM PST by familyop ("For they that sleep with dogs, shall rise with fleas" (John Webster, "The White Devil" 1612).)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
According to WFLA, the owner of the stolen car had insurance on it which is expected to help with the city with repairs as well as the homeowners of the house that the car crashed into.

WTH?! The car insurance of the rightful owner of the vehicle - from whom it had been presumably stolen - will help pay for the damage inflicted by the thief?!

So the lawful owner and, by extension, his insurance company - will be held liable for damages caused by the thief?!

Regards,

11 posted on 02/19/2023 12:25:21 AM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
It’s not like a cat is going to dig up a coffin. Right?

The cat was probably just burying something, so no harm done, right?

Just doing its "doody."

Regards,

12 posted on 02/19/2023 12:26:24 AM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: alexander_busek

There was a small hole, not something buried and there was no doody.

If you are lucky maybe someone will care for your grave.


13 posted on 02/19/2023 3:29:24 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: entropy12

I would certainly hope not. I’ve seen Florida Man stories with dates prior to when DeSantis was elected.


14 posted on 02/19/2023 6:24:31 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (FBI out of Florida!)
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To: PghBaldy

There is a DIFFERENCE.
perfectly alright to mention a town or area the perp is from.

Florida is 3rd biggest state. There are millions of people here. If the news said “Tampa man” that is okay.
Florida man is too general. Show me a news item saying New York man or California man. I have not seen any.


15 posted on 02/19/2023 8:33:09 AM PST by entropy12 (Food is most popular anxiety drug, exercise is the least popular.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Yeah, ever since Gore list Florida, liberals hate Florida.


16 posted on 02/19/2023 8:34:36 AM PST by entropy12 (Food is most popular anxiety drug, exercise is the least popular.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Timothy David Adams

17 posted on 02/19/2023 8:39:45 AM PST by csvset (tolerance becomes a crime when attached to evil)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks; All

The late great Governor and Senator Spessard Holland is interred in this cemetery


18 posted on 02/19/2023 9:16:07 AM PST by robowombat ( ..)
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To: csvset

Neck tattoos. Figures.

We need to bring back public flogging.


19 posted on 02/19/2023 9:20:31 AM PST by Max in Utah (A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.)
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