{"id":317081,"date":"2026-10-29T19:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T19:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/317081\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T19:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T19:00:10","slug":"driver-said-the-devil-had-taken-over-when-he-sped-toward-halloween-parade-crowds-in-freeport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/317081\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver said &#8220;the Devil had taken over&#8221; when he sped toward Halloween parade crowds in Freeport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A driver was arrested after police said he claimed &#8220;the Devil had taken over his body&#8221; when he sped toward crowds gathered for Freeport&#8217;s Halloween parade on Wednesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Southern Armstrong Regional Police Department said an officer conducting traffic control at Fifth and Market streets saw a silver sedan speeding toward crowds on Fifth Street. When the officer tried to stop him, police said the driver continued toward Buffalo Street and parked in the BP parking lot.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Police said the driver went into the store, where they gave him repeated commands to show his hands. When he moved to run away, police said officers deployed a taser, then took him into custody.<\/p>\n<p>According to the criminal complaint, while in the BP, 41-year-old Kyle Pulaski began screaming that &#8220;the Devil had taken over his body and that he would not listen to anything the police said.&#8221; After he was arrested, investigators said Pulaski, who smelled of alcohol, admitted to drinking.<\/p>\n<p>Police said Pulaski declined EMS treatment but was taken to the Allegheny Valley Hospital, where he agreed to submit to a blood test. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pulaski has been charged with fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer, driving under the influence, disorderly conduct and speeding.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Southern Armstrong Regional Police Department increases staffing during community events to help protect the safety of residents and visitors,&#8221; police wrote in a statement. &#8220;We appreciate everyone&#8217;s cooperation and support.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A driver was arrested after police said he claimed &#8220;the Devil had taken over his body&#8221; when he&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":317082,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[8289,18837,60181,73,75,74],"class_list":["post-317081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-armstrong-county","tag-dui","tag-freeport","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=317081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317081\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/317082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=317081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=317081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}