Florida man offers police booze during car chase: 'Don’t know if he was expecting us to just say ‘cheers''

Don't portion and drive. 

A Florida antheral casually offered pursuing deputies a vodka spritzer successful the mediate of a car pursuit aft helium allegedly stole respective items from a convenience store, authorities said. 

Deputies with the Highlands County Sheriff’s Office responded to the Spring Lake Market connected Saturday aft Richard Christopher Smith, 39, allegedly took items from a market, including respective alcoholic beverages, and walked out.

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Richard Christopher Smith, 39, is seen offering a portion to Florida deputies successful the mediate of a car pursuit connected Saturday. (Highlands County Sheriff's Office)

When the deputies arrived, Smith fled successful a vehicle, prompting a pursuit, the sheriff's bureau said. 

"It was during this pursuit erstwhile Smith held a tin of Ketel One vodka spritz retired the model arsenic helium drove by a lawman trying to get him to stop, telling the lawman ‘I was conscionable going to springiness you a drink, that’s it’ arsenic helium passed," the sheriff's bureau said. "We don’t cognize if helium was expecting america to conscionable accidental ‘Cheers!’ and fto him go, oregon what."

The pursuit ended a fewer minutes aboriginal successful the parking batch of a concern astatine the Sebring Regional Airport. 

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Richard Christopher Smith is seen connected assemblage camera footage being arrested aft a car pursuit with Florida deputies.  (Highlands County Sheriff's Office)

After his toast, Smith, who is simply a Miami resident, tried to ram 2 patrol vehicles arsenic each 4 of his tires were flattened by spike strips, constabulary said. 

He was unfazed arsenic helium calmly tried to locomotion distant from the country – which was surrounded by deputies – portion puffing connected a cigarette, authorities said.

"You guys had fun, though, right?" helium asked them. 

He was yet Tased successful the mediate of his fume interruption and arrested. 

Richard Christopher Smith is seen extracurricular his conveyance aft a constabulary chase.  (Highlands County Sheriff's Office)

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Smith is charged with 2 counts of aggravated battle connected a instrumentality enforcement officer, artillery connected a instrumentality enforcement officer, 2 counts of resisting arrest, DUI, refusal to taxable to a DUI trial and petit theft. 

His enslaved was acceptable astatine $120,000.