Trio accused of firing at police officers during chase in Fort Lauderdale

From left, Robert Lee Earl Scott, Myron Sinclair, and Devontay Drake Mayes were arrested on Thursday in Fort Lauderdale. (BSO)

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The Fort Lauderdale Police Department identified three men on Friday who stand accused of firing at police officers during a chase.

The suspects Fort Lauderdale police officers arrested on Thursday were Robert Lee Earl Scott, Myron Sinclair, and Devontay Drake Mayes, who were together in the same car when the pursuit started along Northwest Third Avenue and ended at Northwest Ninth Avenue and Sixth Street.

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Broward Sheriff’s Office correctional deputies booked Scott, 20; Sinclair, 23; and Mayes, 20; on Thursday at the main jail in Fort Lauderdale. They appeared in Broward County bond court on Friday. Inmate records show they remained behind bars without bond for charges of armed robbery and three counts of attempted murder.

Scott, Sinclair, and Mayes were also facing charges of discharging a firearm in public; throwing a missile into a dwelling, vehicle, building, or aircraft; criminal mischief, fleeing and eluding police, resisting an officer without violence.

Sinclair, who was driving the getaway car, was also facing charges of driving with a revoked driver’s license and fleeing with disregard for the safety of persons or property.

Detectives asked anyone with information about this or other cases to call Broward County Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477.

Local 10 News Assignment Editor Stephany Heilbron contributed to this report.


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