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Florida Man In High Speed Chase Claims His Dog Was Driving

According to a police report, officers began chasing a car driven by Reliford Cooper III after the vehicle was spotted speeding around 7:45 PM Wednesday.

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With police in pursuit, Cooper, 26, raced through a stop sign and drove through two ditches before crashing into an occupied home on a street in Palmetto, a city 15 miles north of Sarasota.

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Cooper, a Palmetto resident, bolted from the car and sought to hide in the bathroom of a nearby Pentecostal church, but he was chased out by parishioners (and into the arms of police).

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Cooper, who smelled of booze and marijuana, asked cops, “Who was chasing me?” He added, “You slow as f**k!” But Cooper then disavowed being at the wheel, claiming, “My dog was driving that car, I ran cause I wanted to. You ain’t gonna find no drugs or guns on me.”

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Cooper is a convicted felon who served nearly five years in a Florida state prison following his conviction on armed robbery, burglary, and grand theft charges. Since his release from custody in mid-2013, Cooper has twice been arrested for aggravated assault.

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Cooper, who told cops he works at a car wash, was charged last night with drunk driving, resisting arrest, and leaving the scene of an accident. He is locked up in lieu of $26,120 bond, according to jail records.

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