{"id":94375,"date":"2025-12-24T01:15:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T01:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/94375\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T01:15:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T01:15:07","slug":"deputies-use-pit-maneuver-to-stop-reckless-driver-after-bizarre-stuart-beach-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/94375\/","title":{"rendered":"Deputies use PIT maneuver to stop reckless driver after bizarre Stuart Beach incident"},"content":{"rendered":"

STUART, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 An Orlando man pointing finger guns at beachgoers reportedly sparked a chaotic chase at Stuart Beach on Tuesday, ending with a PIT maneuver and an arrest.<\/p>\n

Deputies with the Martin County Sheriff\u2019s Office say they responded to Stuart Beach after reports of a suspicious man, later identified as 25-year-old Christopher Taylor, making hand gestures and pointing his fingers at them as if he had a gun.<\/p>\n

Shortly after, more calls reportedly came in reporting Taylor driving recklessly and acting erratically.<\/p>\n

See also: Pit bull attack leaves 3 injured in Riviera Beach<\/a><\/p>\n

When deputies attempted to pull him over, Taylor allegedly refused, prompting them to use a PIT maneuver to stop his SUV.<\/p>\n

When asked about his behavior, deputies say Taylor offered no explanation, only asking what country he was in, claiming he wasn\u2019t sure where he was.<\/p>\n

“He might claim he didn’t know where he was, but tonight we know exactly where he’s going \u2014 Martin County Jail,” the police wrote in a post<\/a> to Facebook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STUART, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 An Orlando man pointing finger guns at beachgoers reportedly sparked a chaotic chase at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":94376,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":{"0":"post-94375","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-port-st-lucie","8":"tag-port-st-lucie","9":"tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","10":"tag-port-st-lucie-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94375","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=94375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94375\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}