A Florida man crashed his car into a jail to “visit some friends” while under the influence of designer drug flakka, officials said Tuesday.
Indian River County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Eric Flowers told WPBF that Patrick Rempe, 24, drove his car into the front doors of the jail and barely missed a deputy standing outside.
A surveillance video captured the incident:
He then slammed his car into a fence and got out before trying to scale it before becoming entangled on razor wire.
“Indian River County Emergency Medical Services were called to remove Rempe from the fence. Rempe spit on one of the deputies after being removed,” the Indian River County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.
Flowers said Rempe was high on flakka, which has the chemical name alpha-PVP, and is a synthetic drug that is known to cause hallucinations, paranoia and behavioral changes. It’s become increasingly popular across the United States--namely in Florida--in recent months.
