'Waved and kept going': 61-year-old 'brake-checked' e-bike rider with golf cart and 'dragged him' for 50-100 yards with 'legs dangling' off back while ignoring his cries, cops say

A Florida antheral was arrested past week aft helium "brake-checked" an e-bike rider with a play cart, causing his assemblage to alert forward onto the backmost of it "with his legs dangling" connected the ground, cops say. The operator past "dragged him for 50 to 100 yards" — leaving the unfortunate with aggregate injuries — earlier fleeing, according to police.

A nonmigratory who witnessed the incidental unfold connected Marco Island told investigators helium saw "what looked similar thing falling disconnected the back" of Steven Pickett's play cart, which turned retired to beryllium the victim, but Pickett refused to stop, per a local police report.

"[The witness] yelled to the operator that thing conscionable fell disconnected … but the operator conscionable waved and kept going," the study says, noting however Pickett "looked astatine him successful amazement," successful notation to the witness.

Deputies responded to the country connected Collier Boulevard successful Marco Island aft receiving a study astir a clang with injuries. Upon the deputies' arrival, the unfortunate told them helium was riding his e-bike southbound connected North Collier Boulevard erstwhile helium archetypal encountered Pickett successful the play cart.

"He was riding his e-bike … and a antheral play cart operator screamed astatine him to get retired of the road," according to police. "[The victim] stated helium pulled disconnected to the close astatine the adjacent roadworthy … He stated the conveyance kept going and was nary longer down him."

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The e-bike rider continued southbound connected North Collier and yet caught up to Pickett and attempted to instrumentality a photograph of his play cart licence plate. As helium snapped the photo, helium told constabulary that Pickett deliberately "brake-checked" him, reducing his velocity from 30 mph to zero, the apprehension study says.

"[The victim] stated helium rear-ended the play cart causing his assemblage to alert guardant onto the backmost of the play cart with his legs dangling connected the crushed and leaving his motorcycle down him connected the ground," the study alleges. "He stated the play cart operator dragged him for 50-100 yards portion [the victim] was telling the feline to halt due to the fact that helium was going to get hurt/possibly killed by the accident."

The unfortunate told cops that contempt "yelling" repeatedly to propulsion the play cart over, Pickett allegedly kept driving until helium fell off. Cops tracked down Pickett and spoke to him astir what happened, according to the report. He allegedly claimed that the unfortunate was "coming up connected him astatine a precocious complaint of speed," causing him to fearfulness for his ain safety.

"He stated helium did not cognize wherefore this feline was coming up connected him truthful fast, but helium was acrophobic of what this idiosyncratic mightiness do," constabulary say. "He stated helium did slam connected his brakes and that nary idiosyncratic oregon conveyance was successful beforehand of his conveyance which would person caused him to slam connected his brakes."

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Pickett admitted that the "guy deed the backmost of his play cart with the e-bike and held connected to the backmost arsenic helium continued driving forward," per the apprehension report. He allegedly stated that the antheral was yelling astatine him to halt but helium was excessively frightened to propulsion over.

"He stated helium did halt and advised that aft the antheral got disconnected his play cart, the antheral started chasing him aft helium started to thrust away," constabulary allege. "He stated helium did not halt aft the mishap and went instantly to his spot of employment. … He stated helium did not study the mishap arsenic helium did not cognize anyone was hurt."

Cops accidental the unfortunate was treated for injuries astatine the country and aboriginal went to the infirmary aft experiencing further symptom successful his stomach.

Pickett was arrested Monday and charged with felony hit-and-run, leaving the country of a clang involving an injury. He was released connected enslaved and is owed successful tribunal connected Jan. 12, 2026.