FORT MYERS, Fla. (WINK) — Mikael Alejandro Blanc Stewart was found guilty of fleeing to elude a law enforcement officer and two counts of robbery with a deadly weapon for a 2024 robbery at a Cape Coral arcade, according to a press release from the State Attorney’s Office.

Assistant State Attorneys Melanie Sanders and Jacob Wetter prosecuted the case. Stewart faces a mandatory life sentence as a Prison Releasee Reoffender when he is sentenced on Nov. 23, 2026.

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Evidence introduced at trial shows Stewart was the getaway driver following an armed robbery at the business. He drove around the arcade three times before stopping to let his co-defendant out of the vehicle to rob the business.

The co-defendant then jumped back in the car after the robbery and Stewart drove off, according to the press release.

Cape Coral Police arrived on scene in minutes and saw the vehicle victims had described to 911. Police attempted a traffic stop, but Stewart fled, veering off the road multiple times, going into oncoming traffic, running stop signs and reaching speeds in excess of 100 mph to avoid getting caught.

Stewart eventually crashed the vehicle and was arrested. The co-defendant in this case, Jailyn Tyreek Thomas, was sentenced in January.

Stewart was already sentenced to life in prison in January on a violation of probation for a different case due to this crime, according to the press release.