{"id":314624,"date":"2026-06-21T06:27:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T06:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/314624\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T06:27:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T06:27:09","slug":"florida-man-tries-steal-medical-helicopter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/314624\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida man tries steal medical helicopter"},"content":{"rendered":"

A deranged Florida man who believes he saw the anti-Christ is accused of trying to steal a medical helicopter at the scene of a car crash he reportedly caused.<\/p>\n

Riley Ferrer was driving northbound on I-75 around midnight on Friday when he lost control of his pickup, veered off the road and struck another vehicle before overturning into the woods, according to FOX 13 News<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\nRiley Ferrer is accused of trying to steal a medical helicopter following a vehicle crash on I-75. FOX 13<\/p>\n

Two people were severely injured and a medical helicopter was dispatched to evacuate them to a hospital.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Hernando County Sheriff\u2019s Office shut down the northbound lanes of I-75 to facilitate the landing of the medical helicopter.<\/p>\n

While first responders were prepping patients for the helicopter, Ferrer unsuccessfully attempted to hijack the aircraft.<\/p>\n

After police arrived at the scene Ferrer was placed in the back seat of a patrol vehicle and taken to Tampa General Hospital Brooksville.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Florida Highway Patrol stated Ferrer refused to walk into the building, necessitating a physical escort, and refused to remain seated, requiring troopers to keep him seated until deputies arrived.<\/p>\n

He was cleared and transferred to Hernando County Detention Center. He continued to resist deputies upon arrival at the Hernando County Detention Center.<\/p>\n

\"SignageTampa General Hospital TGH North<\/p>\n

He faces three counts of resisting without violence and one count of burglary of an occupied conveyance.<\/p>\n

Jail records show that he was issued a $3,000 bond for the resisting charges but he is being held with no bond for the burglary charge.<\/p>\n

The medical condition of the other two people involved in the crash is not immediately clear.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A deranged Florida man who believes he saw the anti-Christ is accused of trying to steal a medical…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":314625,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29,17624,130920,2425,4278],"class_list":["post-314624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-helicopters","tag-mental-illness","tag-theft","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314624\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/314625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}