Skirmish II
Tyrone D. McMillian, 33, of Albany, N.Y., was driving his girlfriend’s 11-year-old daughter and her 10-year-old cousin to cheerleading practice when he spotted a police car. “I started thinking I need to take the kids home because I knew I was going back to jail” for parole violation on drug charges, he said. When officers tried to pull him over, he sped off, the two girls screaming at him to slow down. He finally dumped them out and sped off again, saying later “I knew the police would pick them up.” Why did he think he could lose the cops? “I’ve been playing a lot of ‘Grand Theft Auto’ and ‘NASCAR’ on PlayStation,” he allegedly told police, and “I thought I could get away.” He didn’t: he was arrested on multiple felony, misdemeanor and traffic charges — in addition to a warrant for parole violation. (Albany Times Union) ...He’s not the first one to mistake PlayStation games for real life.
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