TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a Land O’Lakes man had quite a night after stealing a school bus and going on an illegal field trip.
Troopers said Daniel Saez, 32, stole a bus from the Hillsborough County School District Saturday evening and drove it all the way to Miami.
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However, troopers caught Saez as he was traveling back to Tampa and stopped him near Jacaranda Boulevard and Executive Drive in Sarasota.
The FHP said Saez told troopers he was “high and drunk” when he stole the bus and drove back to Tampa to return it.
He was arrested on charges of grand larceny.
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