Naked Couple Exits Truck During Standoff In Florida

WKMG ^ | February 19, 2003

[Shermy]

WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. -- A couple involved in a police chase ended a standoff with authorities on Interstate 75 when they disrobed and ran out of their borrowed truck, the Florida Highway Patrol said. Nicholas Daicoff, 29, was charged Tuesday with fleeing and attempting to elude police, domestic battery, leaving the scene of a crash and resisting an officer without violence. He was being held without bail at the Land O' Lakes jail.

He was accused of hitting his wife, Louisa Meyer, 28, during the chase, and telling her to strip her clothes during a 45-minute standoff with officers because it would make the problem go away, the FHP said.

The ordeal began when trooper Chris Todd saw a Ford F-150 pickup truck with a missing tire and started to pursue it near the Hernando-Pasco county line.

The right front rim sparked as the truck sped along at 85 mph, but the driver, Daicoff, wouldn't stop, the FHP said. The tire had come off during a hit-and-run crash in Sumter County on I-75, troopers said.

Three motorists also called 911 to complain that a man in a Ford truck was beating a woman passenger, FHP said.

Once the truck stopped, Todd saw Daicoff punching Meyer in the face and body, officials said. Todd used a loudspeaker to order Daicoff to exit the truck, but the couple just sat inside because Daicoff refused to leave the truck he had borrowed from his roommate.

As deputies and troopers surrounded the vehicle, the couple removed their clothing and threw it out the truck's window.

Just before 5:30 p.m., Meyer got out and ran toward troopers, but Daicoff's screams of "I love you" caused her to stop, the FHP said. When Daicoff tried to run after her, officials intercepted and arrested him.

Meyer suffered abrasions to her face, neck and arm but refused medical treatment. She said she agreed to take off her clothes out of desperation, the FHP said.

Daicoff, of St. Pete Beach, is a licensed contractor who married Meyer in November, records showed.

[sd-joe]

Daicoff refused to leave the truck he had borrowed from his roommate

... Ford F-150 pickup truck with a missing tire ... The right front rim sparked as the truck sped along at 85 mph ... The tire had come off during a hit-and-run crash

Obviously his flaky roommate had lent him a defective truck. (/sarcasm)

I HATE when that happens.

[AppyPappy]

There's no margarine for error when it comes to these situations.

[commish]

Nicholas Daicoff

The only thing that could make this story weirder is if Nicholas' last name began with a J!!!

[NeoCaveman]

There's no margarine for error when it comes to these situations.

I just hope this incident doesn't spread into an epidemic

[Arkinsaw]

There's no margarine for error when it comes to these situations.

winner

[metalurgist]

Ford F-150 pickup truck with a missing tire The right front rim sparked as the truck sped along at 85 mph

I hope they got film. What a great commercial for "BUILT FORD TOUGH"

[governsleastgovernsbest]

I'm shocked. 24 replies and not ONE person has demanded to know where the pictures are?

[RedWhiteBlue]

This deserves a "hold muh beer and watch this" alert ....

[buffyt]

YES you are right, they forgot the hold muh beer and watch this alert! LOL

[UCFRoadWarrior]

" ...strip her clothes during a 45-minute standoff with officers because it would make the problem go away..."

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Well...this line worked for Clinton a few times...

[RedWhiteBlue]

You want pics? Fox news covered the story this afternoon. They showed the cops leading the woman away, but the camera was too far away to show anything. Looked as if they were filming from a helicopter.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Riverboat Nudist Club is located just north of Tampa, 6901 Caliente Blvd, Mailing address = PO Box 1156, Land O' Lakes, Florida, 34639-1156

I knew there had to be a reasonable explanation...

[KnutCase]

This happened at Wesley Chapel? ....but I thought they were already married.

[dware]

Well, I for one am not going to believe something like this UNTIL I see the pics...

[KnutCase]

"A couple involved in a police chase...."

It seems more like the police were involved in chasing a couple. Who writes this stuff?

[Vic3O3]

Hey, at least it wasn't in Texas!

[brooklin]

Isn't love a great thing.

[sinclair]

When I was about 13 my Uncle was the Chief of Police in my hometown. He was giving me a ride to a CYO center youth dance in his police car when he got a call on his radio telling of an accident. Since he was closest to the scene he answered and we arrived there in about 2 minutes. There was a brown van partially turned on its side in a ditch. My Uncle managed to pry the rear door open and out came spilling 6 hippies. Two guys and four girls. Not a one of them had a stitch of clothes on. Needless to say it is one of my favorite experiences of riding in his police cars.

[cavtrooper21]

My imagination has supplied all that I need (or want)and besides, I have a delicate tummy.....

[cavtrooper21]

My imagination has supplied all that I need (or want)and besides, I have a delicate tummy.....