Man High on Bath Salts Headbutts Car, Attacks Central Florida Fire Chief: Deputies

A man who was apparently high on bath salts headbutted a car before attacking a local fire official in Florida, deputies say.

The Daytona Beach News-Journal reports Volusia County Fire Services Battalion Chief Michael Inglett was heading to the fire station on Friday night when he saw a man running down the road. The man dove onto the hood of a vehicle headfirst and cracked the windshield.

The driver of that car stopped the vehicle and started screaming, deputies said.

The chief confronted 35-year-old Richard Keefer and started to call for help.

Deputies say Keefer grabbed the chief by his uniform shirt and slapped him. The chief tried to push Keefer away but he would not let go, so Inglett punched Keefer and eventually hit him in the face with his portable radio. Witnesses helped the chief secure Keefer until deputies arrived.

Keefer later told deputies he had taken methadone and bath salts. He remains jailed Tuesday.

Jail records don't indicate whether he's hired an attorney.

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