Deputy's son took patrol car for joyride

Published: July 31, 2008 at 2:02 AM
Order reprints
SUNRISE, Fla., July 31 (UPI) -- The son of a Broward County, Fla., sheriff's deputy is facing charges for allegedly taking his father's unmarked patrol car for a joyride, the department says.

Myko Coker, 18, was charged with grand theft auto and impersonating a law enforcement officer following the Tuesday incident, The Miami Herald reported Wednesday.

The Sunrise, Fla., Police Department said an officer found the teenager and a passenger in the car after responding to reports of an unmarked police car making traffic stops in the area. The department said Coker was wearing a sheriff's office T-shirt and identified himself as a deputy on his way home, giving the officer his father's name. The officer let the teen go, but pulled the car over a second time after seeing it a few minutes later with its emergency lights on.

Police spokesman Capt. Robert Voss said the officer became suspicious when Coker failed to produce a badge.

''He went to the deputy's house that was being impersonated, knocked on the door and asked him where was his car,'' Voss said. 'He looked outside and said `Uh oh, where's my car?'"

Coker was being held at Broward County's main jail.


© 2008 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved.


Cousin: Jacko viewing was open casket (2 min)
Economic Outlook: Huffing about homes (10 min)
Poll: Most want Sotomayor confirmed (14 min)
Nickelodeon not buying La. Six Flags (28 min)
Son of U.N. official kidnapped in Lebanon (29 min)
Jim Carrey to be a grandfather (32 min)
Man gored to death in Pamplona run (33 min)
fark
They should have known that you can't just walk down the streets of Manhattan dressed as Superman...
The coolest origami city you will see until the artist burns it down. Wait, what?
Budgie will become a hero, and a father, after flying out to sea
Convicted rapist cites fear of having to ingest killer red onions in jail in bid to avoid sentencing....
Over a 30-day period, U.S. Marshalls arrested over 35k fugitives netting 2,356 sex-offenders, 433...
Tennessee Aquarium presents a bowl full of ugly-ass baby penguin. A little milk and we'll have a...