Amputee sent to jail for driving away from police

[YoungYesrod]

"NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. - A man with no arms and one leg who wouldn't stop driving despite a long list of traffic violations was sentenced to five years in prison Friday on felony driving and drug charges.

Michael Francis Wiley, 40, also was sentenced to 15 years of drug offender probation. He pleaded no contest in June to the charges.

"I'd just like to say I know what I did was wrong," Wiley said in court Friday. "I am truly sorry, your honor. I am."

Wiley taught himself to drive after losing both arms and a leg in an electrical accident when he was 13. He has already spent more than three years in prison for habitually driving without a license, kicking a state trooper and other charges.

He once had a valid license, but it has been suspended several times since 1985, according to his attorney. He starts the car with his toes, shifts with his knee and steers with the stump of his left arm. He turns on the lights with his teeth.

In his most recent brush with the law last May, Wiley sped off in a Ford Explorer when police approached him at a convenience store, officials said. Officers pursued but called off the chase after eight minutes because they did not want to put others in danger, police said.

Defense attorney John Hooker pleaded for leniency and the minimum sentence of 2 1/2 years. He cited his client's need for treatment for his many physical and mental health problems, including anxiety, panic attacks, depression and a pain disorder related to his amputations.

In a recent interview with the Associated Press, Wiley said he's done driving.

"I'm beat. The white flag is up," he said. "You can only bang your head against the wall so long before it hurts.""

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I just couldn't stop laughing when I read this story. Something about an amputee druggy driving away from the cops with a stub of an arm, a knee, and a leg is just funny as hell. Also I though the part where it says he kicked a cop was halarious too. I'm such an ass.

[Jane Deere]

hehehe it's pretty funny. i just find it scary and somewhat amazing that he could actually drive a car being like that!

[MaxPower]

Good. I commend them for having the balls to stick his stumpy criminal ass in jail in a day and age where they risk outcry from mamby-pamby do gooders, and possible public relations issues.

[Gea]

Isn't this story pretty damn old?

[Hooks_Pet_Otter]

Psst..wanna see something highlarious?

A one-legged man in a kicking contest.

[Relorian]

Psst..wanna see something highlarious?

A one-legged man in a kicking contest.

Apparently we've found the first person to sign up for that contest and successfully complete it. I couldn't help but laugh when they said he kicked them. Or the fact that he somehow drives. Fuck, i guess i am a bad person... i find that shit funny.

[Bathory]

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahhaahahaha

[hewedontspeakof]

Must suck not to be able to jerk off. No wonder he's depressed.

[mdotpandie]

Must suck not to be able to jerk off. No wonder he's depressed.

You can jerk off without hands/arms. Sheeeit.

[hewedontspeakof]

You can jerk off without hands/arms. Sheeeit

Enlighten me, I'm intrigued.

[YoungYesrod]

Wiley taught himself to drive after losing both arms and a leg in an electrical accident when he was 13.

What if he lost more than just his arms and a leg in the accident...