A Fort McCoy man was jailed Monday after colliding with a stop sign and then backing into a Marion County sheriff’s lieutenant’s vehicle – a crash he didn’t remember happening a short time later.
A Florida Highway Patrol trooper was called to investigate the incident, which took place late Monday afternoon in Fort McCoy. The sheriff’s lieutenant said he watched 61-year-old David Franklin Crump, who was driving a maroon 1993 Chevrolet S10 pickup, hit the stop sign and then flee to his residence at 16330 NE 141st Ct.
The lieutenant said he pulled his marked Ford F-150 patrol vehicle – with emergency lights activated – behind Crump’s pickup after he stopped on a hill with logs on it. The lieutenant said Crump then placed his pickup in reverse and rammed into the front of his patrol vehicle, the report says.
The trooper said the stop sign wasn’t damaged, but he found a piece of black molding from Crump’s vehicle next to it. He said there was a great deal of preexisting damage on Crump’s vehicle and the only thing he could contribute to the crash with the lieutenant’s damaged vehicle was a loose piece of black trim on its left rear, the report says.
The trooper spoke with Crump and noticed that his eyes were glassy, his speech was slurred and he had a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from his mouth. Crump also told the trooper he didn’t remember being involved in a crash, the report says.
Crump agreed to participate in field sobriety exercises and “performed very poorly” in all three. He was placed under arrest and transported to the Marion County Jail, where he provided three breath samples that showed .216, .210 and .193 blood alcohol content. He was then booked into the jail on charges of driving under the influence and DUI damage to property. He is being held on $30,000 bond and is due in court Nov. 7 at 8 a.m. to answer to the charges.
Crump is no stranger to the Marion County legal system, having been held in the jail nine times since December 1998. During those arrests he’s faced charges of DUI, selling a controlled substance, retail petit theft, obtaining food with intent to defraud, failing to follow burning regulations, resisting with violence, escape, driving with license suspended, possession of powder cocaine, carrying a concealed weapon, possession of marijuana less than 20 grams and failure to appear in court, jail records show.