MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — A man was in handcuffs after a short law enforcement pursuit involving a stolen car on Wednesday in northwestern Miami-Dade County.
Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office deputies reported noticing a black four-door Cadillac sports utility vehicle that had been reported stolen in Miami Gardens.
STOLEN CAR SUSPECT: A man was in handcuffs after a short law enforcement pursuit involving a stolen car on Wednesday in northwestern Miami-Dade County.
The deputies, who specialize in robbery intervention, started to follow the driver at Northwest 22nd Avenue and 151 Street, according to the M-DSO.
Three unmarked law enforcement cars followed the driver, who slowed down and stopped, but did not get out of the stolen Cadillac.
One of the unmarked cars performed a Precision Immobilization Technique, or PIT maneuver, and stopped the Cadillac along Northwest 152 Street.
PURSUIT IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY: The driver got out of the Cadillac in the area of Northwest 18 Avenue and 152 Street, ran across Rail Road Drive, near Opa-locka.
The driver got out of the Cadillac and ran eastbound along Northwest 152 Street, across Rail Road Drive, and into a house’s yard near Opa-locka.
As he approached the train tracks, deputies in dark uniforms surrounded him, put him in handcuffs, and escorted him to a marked M-DSO patrol car.
PURSUIT IN MIAMI-DADE: The driver was next to a marked Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office patrol car before Florida Highway Patrol troopers took custody of him on Wednesday in Miami Gardens.
The driver was next to a marked Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office patrol car before Florida Highway Patrol troopers searched him again and put him in a marked FHP car.
Detectives asked anyone with information about this or other cases to call Miami-Dade County Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477 to remain anonymous.
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