A TikTokker with 4 million followers was arrested in Florida after a high-speed car chase where he was clocked in at over 100 mph, according to Florida Highway Patrol.
Damaury Mikula, 18, was arrested Friday after he did a “burnout” and smoked his tires in his Dodge Challenger in Pesco County around 10:30 a.m., Fox News reports. Mikula reportedly ran a red light and began the high-speed chase and didn’t pull over when a trooper flashed sirens at him.
WFLA reports the creator was arrested “nearly immediately” without incident at his home, before telling the trooper that he makes $400,000-$450,000 per year.
“Mr. Mikula advised his state of mind was that he is young, makes a lot of money, and has a fast car and he can do whatever he wants,” trooper W. Kelly told the outlet.
Mikula then eventually “admitted that was a foolish way of thinking,” Kelly said, and said he wanted “do something fun for three seconds” before he was taken to Pasco County Jail.
He was charged with reckless driving, eluding the police with disregard of safety to persons or property, and racing on a highway, according to Fox News. He was released Saturday after posting bond, before he posted a clip Sunday to his TikTok, telling followers he planned to take a break from the platform.
“I need time to get my mind back right, thank you guys for providing me with a platform to share my lives with millions of others,” Mikula wrote. “It’s just that life is hitting me [too] fast. I need time to get myself together and start making decisions as a grown man and not a little boy.”
He elaboated further in a YouTube video, explaining that he wasn’t proud of the situation and wasn’t using his brain “at all.”
“I always say I want to be in my daughter’s life like that, but I just do certain stuff that just shows I’m not trying to be in my daugther’s life. Like, what am i doing that for? So I really do feel like I need some time to find myself again and actually understand the importance of just a lot of things and how serious stuff could be.”
