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title: "Corvette-Driving Reverend Arrested in Florida for Allegedly Waving Gun in Road Rage Incident"
description: "The North Carolina preacher reportedly pulled a Glock on a pickup truck's occupants."
date: "2017-07-10"
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url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/12302/corvette-driving-reverend-arrested-in-florida-for-allegedly-waiving-gun-in-road-rage-incident"
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# Corvette-Driving Reverend Arrested in Florida for Allegedly Waving Gun in Road Rage Incident

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Someone's been watching a little too much *Preacher*. A North Carolina minister was arrested in Florida after waving a gun at another vehicle while [driving through Florida in a red Chevrolet Corvette](<https://wfla.com/2017/07/08/fhp-gun-wielding-priest-arrested-in-florida-following-road-rage-incident/>) last Wednesday, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

35-year-old Reverend William Rian Adams, rector of the Calvary Episcopal Church in Fletcher, North Carolina, was [booked by the Martin County Sheriff's Office](<https://www.sheriff.martin.fl.us/bookings.html>) on two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

According to an account of the police report [published by *WPTV West Palm Beach*](<https://wfla.com/2017/07/08/fhp-gun-wielding-priest-arrested-in-florida-following-road-rage-incident/>), Adams was driving his red Corvette down Florida's Turnpike near Palm City when he attempted to brake-check a blue Chevy Silverado that was close behind him. As the Silverado's driver attempted to pass the Corvette, Adams then reportedly produced a Glock 22 and pointed it at the truck's two occupants. The driver of the truck said he then called the authorities and gave the Corvette some space, in order to follow it from a distance until police arrived.

When state troopers pulled Adams over, however, he reportedly said the Silverado's occupants had been harassing him, yelling at him and hurling a soda bottle at his car. He also denied pulling a gun on the truck, claiming that his pistol had remained beneath the passenger's seat the whole time.

Adams was booked into the Martin County Jail after the incident, then released on a $15,000 bond, [according to *ABC Local 10*](<https://www.local10.com/news/florida/corvette-driving-north-carolina-priest-arrested-in-florida-road-rage-incident>).

## Author
Will is the former managing editor of *RIDES Magazine* and the former online editor for *0-60 Magazine*. He has worked for *Time Out New York* and *Rolling Stone*, and was the creator of *College Cars Online*, the first automotive blog specifically targeted at college students and young professionals.

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