A Florida man led cops on a 60-mile-long chase after stealing not one, but two police cars.
According to ABC News affiliate, WFTV 9, police from the town of Cocoa in the sunshine state responded to reports of a "disturbance" in a local motel on Thursday, May 6.
Officers who arrived on the scene attempted to arrest the suspect, who has since been identified as 33-year-old Xavier Javern Cummings. But the suspect gave them the slip and hijacked a CPD Ford Interceptor and made a bid for escape.
Take a look at the dramatic video of the chase here:At approximately 4:15 PM, the Volusia County Sheriff's Department was alerted by officers that Cummings was speeding northbound up the I-95 interstate highway.
As the footage later shared by the Sheriff's office on YouTube shows, cops were able to force Cummings off the road and lodge the vehicle in the nearby woodlands.
But before they could cuff him, Cummings managed to escape again and stole yet another police car. He drove some distance further - a total amounting 60 miles altogether - before his second car was again forced off the road.
Cummings was promptly arrested by cops without the use of lethal force or the escalation of violence.
In a later statement made on Twitter, Sheriff Mike Chitwood wrote: "Thanks to all who responded. Glad no one was hurt or worse."
A later incident report shared by the Volusia County Sheriff's Department on its YouTube channel states that Cummings
exhibited symptoms clear of mental health issues.
It went on to state that, in a later interview conducted while in police custody, Cummings had professed a number of delusional beliefs, claiming that "he had consent by mental telepathy" to steal the two vehicles.
As a result, Cummings has now been charged with armed burglary of a conveyance, escape, fleeing or attempting to elude law enforcement, driving while his license was suspended, as well as two counts of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, two counts of firearm theft, and two counts of motor vehicle theft.
