A naked man with ‘superhuman strength’ was shot dead by police after attacking a retired cop, a father and son and a teenage boy in a drug-fuelled rampage.

Officers attempted to taser 6ft 3in 250lb Anesson Joseph, who witnesses say was growling like a wild animal, but were unable to subdue him.

The 28-year-old suspect also bit the face of his teenage victim in the attack, which bears chilling similarities to that of Miami Cannibal Rudy Eugene.

The shocking incident happened at around 8.30pm on Tuesday in Palm Beach County, Florida, according to Sheriff Ric Bradshaw.

Naked Joseph, who is believed to have been under the influence of hallucinogenic drugs, began chasing retired New York police office Douglas Kozlik, who was out for his nightly walk.

The 66-year-old victim was rushed to Delray Medical Center with serious injuries but was released from hospital the following day.

Joseph then chased a man and his 10-year-old son, injuring the child, before attacking 18-year-old Tony Grein and his 16-year-old sister Tania as they took out rubbish.

The teenager had a box cutter on him and tried to defend himself as Joseph bit his face, but the assailant was “ridiculously strong”.

Tony told the Palm Beach Post: “He starts biting right away, not a punch, not a hit like you would expect. I was kind of shocked.”

The young man said Joseph appeared to be unable to feel pain, even as he was stabbed in the face with the box cutter.

Tony added: “It was that fear of, ‘This guy is invincible.'”

When police tried to corner the suspect he took a “fighting stance”, Sheriff Bradshaw said, and officers tried unsuccessfully to taser him.

“He’s obviously delirious on something,” Bradshaw said. “He is a huge guy. He takes a fighting stance. They’re trying to get him on the ground. He starts charging them. The Taser did not affect him.”

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Dozens were injured early Thursday when a crazed man attacked the driver of a Greyhound bus, causing it to smash into a median in the middle of the Arizona desert.

Police say Maquel Donyel Morris, 25, was ‘very high’ when he assaulted the driver before 2am near Tonopah and nearly caused the bus to swerve into oncoming traffic on Interstate 10 as he screamed, ‘I’m gonna flip this bus!’

Three of the 41 passengers had to be airlifted from the scene after Morris very nearly accomplished his goal before running off into the desert with his girlfriend only to return 30 minutes later.

That’s when Arizona authorities placed him under arrest.

‘He was hallucinating … we believe he was very high,’ Arizona Department of Public Safety spokesman Bart Graves told the LA Times.

According to Graves, Morris’s girlfriend informed police Graves was under the influence of methamphetamine.

Despite all his efforts, the bus remained upright and none of the 24 people taken to hospitals had life-threatening injuries, the DPS said.

Passengers say that’s thanks in large part to the efforts of the as yet unnamed driver, who at no point in the terrifying ordeal took his hands off the steering wheel.

While he was being pummeled, the driver called for passengers to ‘get this guy off me,’ passenger Gregory Forte told KNXV.

‘The passengers descended on him,’ DPS spokesman Bart Graves told The Associated Press.

The injuries included a broken sternum suffered by one of the passengers who helped restrain the attacker, said DPS Officer Carrick Cook, another DPS spokesman.

The attacker and his female companion got off the bus when it stopped and fled into the desert wilds 50 miles outside Phoenix.

Thirty minutes later, the couple returned for unknown reasons and the suspect was arrested by highway patrol.

The girlfriend told azfamily.com that he was ‘paranoid’ and ‘did not want to be on the bus.’

As he was hauled away in a police car, Morris continued his frightening behavior.

‘They’re going to kill me,’ he screamed from the back of the car to his girlfriend. ‘Call my mom!’

Morris was taken to a hospital for treatment of a drug-induced condition and was expected to be booked on suspicion of numerous counts of endangerment, assault and aggravated assault, the DPS said.

 

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Winter Haven Police have obtained a warrant for the arrest of Charles Anwhar Roberts (DOB 12/13/76) for four counts of Sexual Battery on a Child/over 12 under 16 (F-1), Child Abuse (F-3) and Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor (M-1).

Roberts is believed have moved to the Sebring area more than a month ago.

The incidents involved a 13 year old that occurred in late March 2013 while Roberts lived in Winter Haven.

Roberts has served time in the Florida State Prison and has a criminal history dating back to 1996 that includes numerous drug charges for possession and sale of cocaine and marijuana, battery and resisting arrest with and without violence.

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Roberts is asked to call Heartland Crime Stoppers at 1-800-226-TIPS (8477) or Detective Nick Gregory at 863-292-7924. Callers can remain anonymous and could be eligible for a CASH reward.

An Onslow County murder trial started Monday.

Investigators say 22-year-old Nickey Yates strangled Linda Hulsman over prescription drugs.

Yates faces charges of first degree murder.

Hulsman died three years ago. She was 56-years-old at the time.

District Attorney Ernie Lee says this is the oldest pending murder case in Onslow County.

Jury selection kicked off in Superior Court. The trial is expected to last all week.

“If he’s innocent, God will take care of it. If he’s guilty, God will take care of it. So either way, if he don’t get punished, he’ll have to answer to the man above,” said Crystal Farrior, Jacksonville resident.