Anthony Richard Williams Robbed A Bank, Stole A Car, Tries To Swim Away From Police, Cries When He Gets Caught In A Current And Threatens Rescuing Officer | August 14

Palm Beach: Florida man Anthony Richard Williams faces seven charges, including grand theft auto and resisting arrest, after police say he jumped into the Intracoastal Waterway in an attempt to avoid capture.

Police spotted Williams around 9 p.m. Sunday in the 1000 block of South Ocean Boulevard after the license plate recognition system alerted them to a Toyota Scion that had been reported stolen four days earlier from Hillsborough County.

When Williams spotted police, he turned down Via Bellaria, a dead-end street, before making a U-turn and fleeing north on South County Road at a high rate of speed.

Williams almost hit a pursuing police vehicle before police lost sight of him, the report said. Police called for backup from the West Palm Beach Police and the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, which included two boats, a helicopter and a K-9 unit.

Officers found the unoccupied Scion in the parking lot of the Royal Poinciana Playhouse and found Williams in the water nearby. He refused to get out of the water and began swimming north, but cried out in distress for help after getting caught in a current.

A member of the Palm Beach Police anti-crime unit jumped into the water to rescue Williams, who then threatened to shoot the officer. The officer backed off and he and Williams drifted northward in the current, during which time Williams attempted, but failed, to climb onto an occupied sailboat.

At that point, Williams told police he would not surrender because he had robbed a bank at gunpoint the previous day and “would be going to jail for a long time.”

Williams floated north a ways farther, where he appeared to drop the gun underneath the dock at Wells Road and Lake Trail just before he floated close enough to the seawall for police to grab him.

Anthony Richard Williams was arrested and charged with grand theft auto, felony aggravated assault on a police officer, possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, fleeing and eluding an officer, two counts of resisting arrest and driving on a suspended license.

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