Documents say that when deputies in Florida went to a reported case of road rage, they got into a fight with a suspect who had thrown $15,000 in cash out of his window.
Around 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Marion County sheriff’s officers were called to the 17000 SW Highway 484 area in Dunnellon to deal with a case of road rage. When the officer got there, he saw somebody “throwing garbage” out of his car. It turned out to be Josue Hernandez, 38 years old. A probable cause affidavit that Law&Crime looked over says that when the officer walked up to the car, he saw a child in the front seat who was naked, covered in poop, and not buckled up.
The statement also said that there were two pit bulls in the back seat, and one of them was mean. Hernandez wouldn’t get out of his car when the policeman asked him to several times. A police report said Hernandez took a $100 bill from the deputy and said it wasn’t his, as the deputy was doing this.
“I asked him seven times to come talk to me behind the car, and he rolled down the back passenger window. At that point, his pit bull climbed out about halfway,” the deputy wrote. “He asked me, ‘Are you a p—-?'” “Are you afraid of dogs?”
He told the deputy, “Just fought one like you,” and then he got out of his car as if he were going to fight, the deputy said. The deputy was able to get Hernandez to the ground, but the suspect kept making threats while cars drove by, according to the statement.
It is said that Hernandez got up and asked, “Are you ready to get run over?” while they were fighting on the ground. Hernandez was hit twice by the deputy’s Taser. A police report said that Hernandez fell the second time, but he quickly got up, “ripped out the probes” from his body, and ran away. It is also said that Hernandez told his dogs to attack the officers.
At this point, help arrived to restrain Hernandez. The dog was also sprayed to stay away from them.
Because police looked around the car, they found that Hernandez wasn’t throwing trash out, but cash. The statement said that they got back more than $15,000 in different amounts. According to the affidavit, police also found a bag with about 8.5 grams of fentanyl in it, along with baggies that could be used to spread the drug.
Hernandez is being charged with battery on a police officer, fighting arrest, neglecting a child without causing harm, trafficking four grams or more of fentanyl, and having drug paraphernalia. He was hurt and taken to the hospital. When he gets better, he will go to the Marion County Jail.
It wasn’t clear right away what kind of relationship Hernandez had with the child.
