Man Arrested After High-Speed Chase
Driver Accused Of Robbing Store, Stealing Truck
POSTED: Friday, March 14, 2008
UPDATED: 2:58 pm EDT March 14,
2008
MIMS, Fla. -- A man who led deputies on a chase that topped 85 mph after robbing a Brevard County convenience store and stealing a pickup was arrested on Friday, authorities said.The incident began at about 12:45 p.m. when a man robbed the Northgate convenience store in Mims and stole a Dodge Dakota pickup, Brevard County sheriff's deputies said.The man fled north on Interstate 95, and a chase ensued, Local 6 News partner Florida Today reported.With assistance from the Brevard County Aviation Unit and the Edgewater Police Department, deputies cornered the man when he bailed out of the pickup, jumped a barbed wire fence and ran into a ditch off Maytown Road in Edgewater, authorities said.Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
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