An unusual incident unfolded at a BMW dealership in Daytona Beach, Florida, when an 18-year-old man found himself at the center of a chaotic scene involving attempted car theft and a confrontation with police. Jayden Brown, now facing several charges, allegedly tried to steal cars from the dealership before attempting to take a police officer’s truck.

The events took place on the evening of January 14. According to authorities, Brown, accompanied by his girlfriend and another friend, arrived at the dealership around 5 p.m. Despite lacking both money and credit, the trio aimed to purchase multiple vehicles, as described in a charging affidavit reviewed by Law&Crime.

Brown’s girlfriend revealed that he had been sleep-deprived for days and was obsessively claiming he would become wealthy enough to buy three BMW cars. The friend corroborated these claims, noting Brown’s recent erratic behavior and explaining that they had visited the dealership three times, each time hoping to find a way to acquire a car.

During their final visit, Brown allegedly engaged in a heated disagreement with dealership management over his inability to buy a vehicle. Determined to leave with a car, he reportedly tried to get into several vehicles on the lot. When confronted, he declared his intention to take a vehicle and fled to a restricted area accessible only to dealership employees.

In the ensuing chaos, Brown’s actions caught the attention of law enforcement, leading to a tense standoff that ended with him being tased. He now faces serious charges, including three counts of grand theft of a motor vehicle, burglary of an occupied dwelling, and criminal mischief. This incident serves as a stark reminder of the unpredictable nature of some criminal acts and the swift response often required to handle them.

He reportedly gained access to a BMW X7, “sat inside the vehicle and appeared to search for the start/stop button in an attempt to start the vehicle.” One employee told police that as he was cleaning the vehicle, he heard his co-workers yelling at someone to leave, and then the suspect jumped out of the vehicle.

Both the suspect’s girlfriend and friend told authorities they did not know of Brown’s intentions beforehand.

The Daytona Beach Police Department provided body camera footage showing an officer arriving at the scene. The officer can be seen getting out of his truck when the suspect comes running around the back of it. The officer advises him to “get on the f— ground,” but the suspect opens the vehicle’s door, and the officer tases him.

The man alleged to be Brown screams in his incapacitated state lying on the door before the footage cuts and shows him handcuffed on the ground and being searched. “You tried to steal my car,” the officer says matter-of-factly.

“It’s alright, I’ll be out by tomorrow, it’s all good,” the suspect says after another cut in the video. More officers are standing nearby at this time. The suspect then proceeds to ramble, stating things such as “I get thousands of guns from who I know in the military a month” and “I didn’t steal anything yet; I was just trying to find out where my car was.”

“Yet,” an officer repeats.

“What do you have against me that you can do this right now?” the suspect says after another cut. “Get me out these cuffs or you lose your job tomorrow.”

Brown was transported to an area hospital to be checked out and then brought to police headquarters. While being transported, he appears to try and detach the camera from its position, and after being processed, he allegedly “began kicking the security camera in the holding cell, causing the frame of the camera to break.”

The girlfriend and friend of Brown were not taken into custody.

Brown made his first appearance in court the next day. He is scheduled to return for an arraignment on Feb. 10. He is not listed as currently in the Volusia County jail.