MIAMI — A man was arrested Thursday on multiple charges after an SUV was found upside down on the field of Miami Jackson Senior High School, authorities said.
According to an arrest report from Miami-Dade Schools Police, a school resource officer spotted the Mazda CX-50 on the field at about 4 p.m. Sunday, but there was no one inside or around the vehicle.
Police said they soon discovered that the SUV was a rental vehicle from an Enterprise in Broward County, and the approximate damage to the vehicle was about $35,000.
According to the report, surveillance video shows that at about 4 a.m. Sunday, the SUV was heading north on Northwest 17th Avenue near 38th Street when it veered off the road and drove through the gates of the school.
It then struck a curb on the school’s field, causing the vehicle to go airborne and then flip several times, the report stated.
Police said four people were then seen exiting the vehicle and walking back toward 17th Avenue where they were seen getting into another vehicle.
According to the report, the damage to school property was about $1,000.
Police eventually made contact with Enterprise, which confirmed that the suspect, Michael Campbell, 37, of Whitmore Lake, Michigan, rented the vehicle.
Detectives eventually tracked down Campbell by calling his cellphone and his wife’s phone multiple times.
Police said Campbell eventually returned the call and asked, “What’s going on? What’s this about?”
According to the report, the police informed Campbell that there was an open investigation that they needed to speak with him about and asked him to go to the Miami-Dade Schools Police Department to be interviewed.
Campbell agreed and said he would be there in 40 minutes as he was “coming from the beach,” police said.
But after the time frame lapsed, police said they received a phone call from Campbell’s attorney instead.
Police said the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene Unit responded to the tow yard where the damaged vehicle was taken and noted that there were multiple airbags that appeared to have blood stains on them, and there was also possible blood statins on the steering wheel.
According to the report, after obtaining a warrant, police approached Campbell outside the home he was staying in with his family on Thursday and took two swab samples from his mouth. Police noted in the report that Campbell’s attorney was on the phone while they conducted the swab.
Campbell was then arrested on charges of leaving the scene of a crash involving serious bodily injury, leaving the scene of an accident involving property damage, criminal mischief, and reckless driving.
As of Friday afternoon, Campbell was being held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.
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