Fitness Influencer Armando Fogaça Arrested for Hitting Officer and Fleeing Scene

Incident Overview

• 🎯 A fitness influencer, Armando Fogaça, with over 700,000 Instagram followers, is accused of hitting a Miami Beach police officer and fleeing.
• 🚨 The incident occurred when an officer attempted to stop Fogaça's motorcycle, but he allegedly accelerated and struck the officer.

Officer's Injuries and Fogaça's Actions

• 🤕 The injured officer sustained fractured ribs, abrasions, and bruising and was transported to Jackson Memorial Hospital.
• 💨 Fogaça, reportedly driving between 80 and 100 miles per hour, fled onto the causeway and subsequently crashed into another vehicle, reportedly with his wife hospitalized.

Legal Ramifications and Police Statement

• ⚖️ Fogaça faces multiple felonies and was denied bond by a judge.
• 🚫 Miami Beach Police Chief Wayne Jones stated there is a zero tolerance policy for harming officers and emphasized the inherent dangers faced by law enforcement.
• 📄 Fogaça was found to be in possession of only a passport, not a driver's license, at the time of his arrest.