Christopher Combs is a real “son of a cop.” He’s 22 years old, lives in Boynton Beach, and works as a cadet in the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office… the same office his daddy works at as a lieutenant.
On Saturday, around midnight, Christopher and two of his buddies were driving in a pickup truck on Loxahatchee Road in northwestern Broward County.
They spotted his ex and her new boyfriend driving around, and started chasing them down and yelling at them. After hassling them for a bit, they drove off.
An hour later, Christopher decided to step up his redneck rampage to Florida Man levels.
Christopher and his buddies stole his daddy’s unmarked car, a grey Ford Taurus, and used it to pull over his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend, Robert Roberts. (AP)
With red and blue lights flashing, he crept up on the Ford Bronco the new boyfriend was driving and used the loudspeaker to order him out.
Christopher and his friends were giggling madly inside the stolen cop car.
“Get on the ground!” yelled the jealous Florida Man through the loudspeaker.
Robert Roberts obeyed and did just that. Jamie, the ex, waited inside the Bronco.
Christopher ordered Robert Roberts to empty his pockets.
Robert Roberts emptied his pockets, according to sun-sentinel.com.
One of Christopher’s buddies put a “metal object” on Robert Roberts’ back and stole his wallet and pocket knife.
Christopher denied that any of this happened, of course. Deputies later found the stolen car parked at his friend’s house, and the engine was still warm. He was also overheard in a phone call saying that he started “messing” with them (his ex and Robert Roberts). Florida Man is certainly not a criminal mastermind.
He got special treatment from Judge Giuseppina Miranda and is only on house arrest. The charges were serious: armed robbery, impersonating a law enforcement officer and false imprisonment… but in the good ol’ boy south, if your daddy is a cop you can get away with a lot.
His daddy is under “internal review,” which means nothing really.
