MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – The Florida Highway Patrol arrested a driver over the weekend who they said led troopers on a chase that started on Florida’s Turnpike and ended in Miami Gardens.
According to FHP, troopers attempted to stop a stolen Blue Infiniti SUV around 5:30 p.m. Sunday on the Turnpike near Northwest 27th Avenue.
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But authorities said the driver, identified as Dkwon Xavier Anderson, 44, of Miami Gardens, wouldn’t stop and led troopers on a chase that ended when the Infiniti crashed into a marked FHP unit in the area of Northwest 186th Terrace and 32nd Avenue in Miami Gardens.
Troopers said Anderson fled on foot, but was taken into custody a short time later.
He faces charges of fleeing and eluding police, resisting an officer with violence, grand theft of a motor vehicle and aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer.