NAKED MAN WREAKS HAVOC ONE BAD TURN LEADS TO ANOTHER.Byline: CHARLES F. BOSTWICK Staff Writer LANCASTER -- A naked motorist who crashed a car into at least one parked vehicle and a building, then tried to steal the truck of two workmen and a sheriff's patrol car, was subdued sub·due tr.v. sub·dued, sub·du·ing, sub·dues 1. To conquer and subjugate; vanquish. See Synonyms at defeat. 2. To quiet or bring under control by physical force or persuasion; make tractable. 3. by deputies using a stun gun stun gun, hand-held electronic device that produces a high-voltage pulse that can immobilize a person for several minutes with no permanent damage in most cases. and with the help of a neighbor who had followed him. The naked man, suspected of being high on drugs, tried to steal the workmen's truck after his own car apparently got stuck in a muddy dirt road dirt road n (US) → camino sin firme dirt road n → chemin non macadamisé or non revêtu dirt road dirt n , then hit a deputy in the face with a bunch of keys while trying to get into his patrol car, authorities said. ``He's just crazy,'' said painter Jose Velasco, into whose pickup truck the man had climbed after pulling a gasoline can out of the truck's cargo bed. ``He said `I want to put fire in the truck.''' The man, identified as 33-year-old Larry Duncan of Lancaster, was taken to Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Hospital to be checked for injuries suffered in the fight with deputies as well as the effects of the suspected drugs, sheriff's officials said. Two deputies suffered minor injuries in the fight, sheriff's Sgt. Michael Handley said. Duncan was expected to be booked on suspicion of carjacking The criminal taking of a motor vehicle from its driver by force, violence, or intimidation. The u.s. justice department categorizes the crime of carjacking as a "completed or attempted Robbery of a motor vehicle by a stranger , hit-and-run driving and assault on a peace officer once he was released from the hospital, deputies said. The incident started just after 8 a.m. Thursday, when the Lancaster sheriff's station received a 911 call that a naked man in a Ford Thunderbird The Ford Thunderbird was a car manufactured in the United States by the Ford Motor Company. It entered production for the 1955 Ford Thunderbird model year as a two-seater sporty car but, unlike the similar Chevrolet Corvette, the Thunderbird was never sold as a full-blown sports had been involved in hit-and-run crashes, Handley said. A neighbor drove after the fleeing Thunderbird thunderbird In North American Indian mythology, a powerful spirit in the form of a bird that watered the earth and made vegetation grow. Lightning was believed to flash from its eyes or beak, and the beating of its wings was thought to represent rolling thunder. , found it stopped on a muddy dirt road at Avenue J-8 and 37th Street East and called deputies on his cell phone. The naked man meanwhile ran a block to a nearby street where workers were finishing up new homes, and got into Velasco's and his brother's pickup truck after taking a gasoline can out of the back. Pulled out of the truck, the naked man ran at a deputy,hit him in the face with a bunch of keys and tried to get into the deputy's patrol car. The deputy and a second deputy, with help from the neighbor who had followed him, fought with the man, eventually stunning him with a Taser and taking him into custody, Handley said. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Sheriff's deputies are with a car abandoned by a naked man who was involved in a chain of events that led to his being taken into custody Thursday morning. Charles F. Bostwick/Daily News |
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