{"id":112460,"date":"2026-01-09T23:34:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T23:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/112460\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T23:34:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T23:34:07","slug":"troopers-utilize-pit-maneuver-to-stop-stolen-car-on-i-75-lee-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/112460\/","title":{"rendered":"Troopers utilize PIT maneuver to stop stolen car on I-75 | Lee County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">LEE COUNTY, Fla. &#8211; The Florida Highway Patrol stopped a stolen vehicle on Interstate 75 near mile marker 148 on Friday.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">At around 11 a.m. on Friday, two lanes of traffic were blocked as deputies pursued and surrounded the stolen vehicle with guns drawn.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The owner of the stolen vehicle contacted WINK News over the phone, stating that two cars were stolen from his Naples garage on Friday morning.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">He said that one vehicle was found near his neighborhood, and the other was stopped by troopers using a PIT maneuver on I-75.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">WINK News reporter Annalise Iraola spoke to the car owner regarding his experience. Below are pictures of what was stolen.<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Stolen Collier County Crime Scene Van\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full default\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>One of the stolen vehicles, a Coller County Sheriff&#8217;s Office crime scene van. Credit: WINK News\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Stolen Car\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full default\" width=\"1662\" height=\"1246\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>One of the stolen vehicles, a black SUV. Credit: WINK News<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Our team contacted the Florida Highway Patrol for a statement regarding the stolen vehicles and the PIT maneuver used. The FHP public information officer stated, \u201cYes. A stolen vehicle failed to stop. FHP performed a PIT on the vehicle. Driver was arrested, no injury, still active investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Stay tuned to <a href=\"http:\/\/WINKNews.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WINKNews.com<\/a>, WINK News App, streaming, and on-air for any new developments on this story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LEE COUNTY, Fla. &#8211; The Florida Highway Patrol stopped a stolen vehicle on Interstate 75 near mile marker&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":112043,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210,3837,325],"class_list":{"0":"post-112460","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cape-coral","8":"tag-cape-coral","9":"tag-cape-coral-headlines","10":"tag-cape-coral-news","11":"tag-collaborator_gen_stories","12":"tag-lee"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112460\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}