Man tells police: I was held hostage and forced to smoke crack

FORT WALTON BEACH -- A 45-year-old disabled man with burn blisters on his mouth and hands was charged with DUI after telling police he'd been held hostage and forced to smoke crack cocaine.

On Oct. 8 the man was detained by a Fort Walton Beach police officer after a hit and run accident. The officer wrote in his report, "(The man) appeared to be intoxicated at the scene when I made contact with him and I observed a burn blister on his mouth and on his hands."

The man was taken to the Fort Walton Beach Police Department, where he told officers he'd given his debit card to someone to buy crack cocaine. "(The man) stated he was forced to smoke crack-cocaine and held hostage at his apartment" the officer wrote.