A fire-juggling unicyclist rolled into a busy Colorado intersection and turned rush hour into a flaming street show that police say broke the law.
Commerce City officers fielded a wave of calls after drivers spotted a man riding a unicycle while tossing burning torches near U.S. 85 and 60th Avenue.
Police released drone images that captured the performer weaving through the median and crosswalk as cars waited at a red light. Flames flickered close to passing vehicles while the rider balanced in traffic.
The department admitted the scene caught them off guard. “This post was certainly not on our Bingo card, yet here we are,” the agency wrote on social media. “The intersection of U.S.-85 and 60th isn’t exactly the Las Vegas Strip… or is it?”
Dispatchers received repeated reports from motorists who described the act as both entertaining and alarming. Officers launched a drone to document what unfolded in the roadway.
The video showed the man pedaling through the median while juggling fire in the center of an active intersection. Drivers sat at the light as the impromptu performance played out feet away.
Officers acknowledged the skill but drew a firm line on safety. “Our drone caught his act, which was both quite good and quite illegal,” the department posted, pointing to trespassing in the median and blocking the crosswalk.
Police noted they conduct routine enforcement at that intersection to prevent pedestrians from interfering with traffic. They stressed that this case stood apart from the norm.
“We got numerous calls the other day when drivers were treated to a little stoplight entertainment courtesy of this fire-juggling unicyclist,” the post read.
The agency leaned into humor but warned against copycats. “We don’t often get reports like this anymore… well to be fair… we have NEVER gotten a report quite like this one,” the department added.
Officers closed their message with a mix of praise and caution. “So let’s all take a moment to appreciate this man’s talents,” they wrote. “Then all agree that we aren’t going to do stuff like this. Mmkay?”
The Colorado spectacle joins a string of bizarre traffic cases that pushed patience and public safety to the edge.
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Florida authorities arrested a 51-year-old Polk County man after he stole a golf cart and left a friend behind with a shattered hip.
Key West police responded around 7:45 a.m. Saturday to a 911 call about an injured man lying in the outbound lane of North Roosevelt Boulevard. A witness moved the victim to the sidewalk after he and another man failed to help.
The victim told officers he rode in the back of the cart when his friend, later identified as Vincent Franklin Fortin of Winter Haven, made “an abrupt U-turn.” The sharp maneuver threw him onto the pavement.
He “was experiencing extreme pain in his hip and could not move his leg” and required emergency surgery at Lower Keys Medical Center for a broken hip.
Police did not find the cart or driver at the crash scene. Another man present told officers he recognized Fortin “from (a) previous incarceration.”
Roughly 15 minutes later, a 62-year-old woman on Duval Street reported her EZ-GO golf cart missing. Security footage showed a man driving away with it around 5 a.m.
An officer later spotted Fortin running a red light on the stolen cart in the Lower Duval area. Police pulled him over and arrested him on charges of grand theft and leaving the scene of a crash causing serious bodily injury.
Records show he also faces a charge of operating a vehicle without a valid license. Jail records list Fortin in the Key West facility on a $41,000 bond.
In Missouri, a man who ran over a police officer with an ATV now faces years behind bars.
Kansas City police attempted to stop a group of ATV riders and motorcyclists committing traffic violations on April 12, 2025. An officer tried to remove Kendall Coleman from his ATV and place him in custody.
Police reported that Coleman reversed, causing the officer to fall. They stated he then lifted the ATV into a wheelie, struck the officer with the front tires, and drove over him with all four tires before fleeing.
Investigators traced Coleman through license plate readers after court documents revealed he called his father, Marc Coleman, and told him he needed to leave town. Authorities tracked Marc Coleman’s vehicle west on Interstate 70 into Colorado Springs.
Officials said prepaid phones appeared after Kendall Coleman’s phone was disconnected, and surveillance footage tied him to the ATV. An anonymous Crime Stoppers tip led officers to arrest him on April 23.
The injured officer suffered head injuries but has since made a full recovery.
Kendall Coleman, 28, pleaded guilty to second-degree assault and aggravated fleeing as part of a plea deal. Prosecutors dropped an armed criminal action charge, and earlier records show he had faced first-degree assault.
Jackson County Circuit Judge Adam Caine sentenced Coleman to 12 years in prison. Jail records show he remained in the Jackson County jail awaiting transfer to the Missouri Department of Corrections.
