STARKE—A 30-year-old Starke man was sentenced to 120 days in jail after pleading to leaving the scene of an accident.
Luke Paul Fluder also pleaded to driving with a suspended or revoked license and resisting an officer.
According to an arrest report, the victim told deputies that she swerved into a turn lane on U.S. 301 to avoid rear-ending a car stopped at a traffic signal on the four-lane, and a blue Mazda struck her Dodge Challenger as the driver of the Mazda attempted to avoid the same car the victim steered clear of.
The victim added that she and Fluder had a verbal altercation about the crash, and as she was calling 911, the defendant left the scene. The victim followed Fluder to the State Road 16 exit on the Starke Bypass, where she left the expressway and waited for law enforcement.
Lawtey police stopped the defendant at U.S. 301 and County Road 121.
A Bradford deputy reported that while transporting the defendant to the jail, Fluder slipped out of his handcuffs. After the officer stopped and put the restraints back on the defendant, the 30-year-old initially refused to re-enter the deputy’s patrol car.
