BRADENTON, Fla. (WFLA) – A man was arrested in Manatee County on Monday for carjacking an Uber driver.
According to the sheriff’s office, Jose Aguirre, the Uber driver, picked up Anderson Carter at an address in west Bradenton.
While en route to the destination, Carter started striking Aguirre on the right side of his face with a closed fist and attempted to get into the driver seat.
In fear for his life, Aguirre jumped out of the moving vehicle, right in front of a deputy.
Carter took off at a high rate of speed and crashed the vehicle at Whitfield Avenue and 15th Street East.
After crashing, Carter fled the scene and continued west on Whitfield Avenue.
Deputies attempted to catch up to the vehicle.
Carter crashed a second time in a retention pond in the 900 block of 70th Drive East and fled on foot.
Deputies chased Carter on foot, shocked him with a Taser and took him into custody.