MIRAMAR, Fla. – Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies have identified the man they said stole a panel van and led them on a chase Thursday.
BSO spokesperson Carey Codd said detectives tried to stop Jonathan Markel Turner, 43, of Miami Gardens, at around 4:20 p.m. in unincorporated central Broward.
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Police said Turner hit a squad car, then took off on Florida’s Turnpike, leading deputies on a chase that eventually ended with cops crashing into the van near Northwest 27th Avenue.
Authorities arrested Turner on charges of aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer, fleeing and eluding, grand theft auto, leaving the scene of an accident with property damage and driving while license suspended — habitual traffic offender.
Turner was being held without bond in the BSO Main Jail as of Friday morning, according to online records.