{"id":43652,"date":"2024-04-01T17:47:07","date_gmt":"2024-04-01T21:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=43652"},"modified":"2024-04-01T17:47:12","modified_gmt":"2024-04-01T21:47:12","slug":"polk-county-man-arrested-for-threatening-a-firefighter-called-to-save-him-from-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2024\/04\/01\/polk-county-man-arrested-for-threatening-a-firefighter-called-to-save-him-from-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Polk County man arrested for threatening a firefighter called to save him from crash"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Polk County man is in jail after he threatened a firefighter called to rescue him from a crash on Monday in Mulberry.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"299\" height=\"409\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-51.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-51.png 299w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-51-219x300.png 219w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Deputies said that a little before 9 p.m. Saturday, Matthew Powers, 34, was driving down\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/2605+FL-37,+Mulberry,+FL+33860\/@27.8677811,-81.9708544,14z\/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x88dd24b663c59487:0x92e3165d61f51c64!8m2!3d27.8715735!4d-81.9727856!16s%2Fg%2F11c86vqjng?entry=ttu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2605 State Road 37 S. in Mulberry<\/a>\u00a0when he crashed his blue 2010 Ford Mustang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Polk County Fire Rescue officials responded to the crash and when they got there, they rescued Powers from the wreckage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s when Powers decided to ball up his fists, walk toward the battalion chief on the scene and threatened to \u201cbounce [his] knuckles\u201d off the chief\u2019s forehand, according to the release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;[That] is about the oddest type of threat we&#8217;ve heard in a long time,&#8221; a Polk County deputy said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The chief tried to calm Powers down by telling Powers he was only there to help him, but Powers never backed down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI don\u2019t give a [expletive], I will go back to prison,\u201d Powers exclaimed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Powers was released from prison six months ago for an unknown crime, according to the release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was charged with threatening a public servant and assault on a firefighter, deputies said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Authorities didn&#8217;t say whether Powers suffered any injuries from the crash.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Polk County man is in jail after he threatened a firefighter called to rescue him from a crash on Monday in Mulberry. 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