POLK COUNTY, Fla. – A hit-and-run driver went on a crime spree that involved him trying and failing to steal four separate vehicles and in the process being doused with gasoline and held at gunpoint, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.Deputies said 32-year-old Christopher Hendrix fled the scene after he was involved in a crash on Interstate 4 at exit 38 at about 7:45 a.m.
that left his vehicle disabled.“He runs up to the Marathon gas station on (State Road) 557, which is just south of the interstate, and he tried to steal this lady’s vehicle, her gray Chevy Colorado pickup truck.
Well, she didn’t think much of that. In fact, she was in the process of gassing her vehicle when he tried to get in so she appropriately took the gas.