Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., Feb. 19 (UPI) -- A 22-year-old Florida man was arrested after allegedly crashing into a set of gates at a county jail, then nearly sideswiping a deputy while driving drunk. Joseph Carrara of Port Orange allegedly rammed his car into the northern gate of the Volusia County Jail at 3:30 a.m. Saturday, then sped away off, The Daytona Beach News-Journal reported. Advertisement Sheriff's deputies combed the area in search of Carrara with little success. Then, at 4:20 a.m., Carrara allegedly almost ran into a deputy's patrol car in DeLand while speeding. Sheriff's deputy Scott Gering pulled Carrara over. Carrara admitted to being drunk and that he had driven onto jail property, but denied he slammed into the jail's northern perimeter gates, the arrest report states. Carrara was charged with criminal mischief with damage to property, trespassing, driving while intoxicated and reckless driving and taken back to the county jail.
