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(Top left to right: Nathan Welch, Madison Nicholson) (Bottom left to right: Quamari Thomas, Summer Simpson) Courtesy: Florida Highway Patrol <\/p>\n
TAMPA, Fla. – Four people were arrested after a vehicle led troopers on a high-speed chase tied to a Tampa <\/a>street takeover shortly after midnight Saturday, according to the Florida <\/a>Highway Patrol.<\/p>\n The backstory:<\/p>\n FHP says the driver, Nathan Welch, 21, did not stop when a trooper tried to make a traffic stop near Hillsborough <\/a>and Lois avenues. Investigators say Hunter accelerated to speeds exceeding 100 miles per hour in 45-mph zones, ran multiple red lights and drove recklessly while trying to avoid law enforcement.<\/p>\n MORE NEWS: Sarasota felon tased, arrested after I-275 chase ends at International Plaza and Bay Street mall: FHP<\/a><\/p>\n Troopers say Madison Nicholson, 18; Summer Simpson, 18; and Quamari Thomas, 19, were passengers in the vehicle. The group was participating in a street takeover event, according to FHP.<\/p>\n Dig deeper:<\/p>\n During the pursuit, investigators say Welch refused to listen to one of the passengers, who asked multiple times to be let out of the vehicle.<\/p>\n Hunter, of St. Petersburg<\/a>, faces the following charges:<\/p>\n Felony fleeing to eludeFalse imprisonmentPossession of cannabis sativa resinUnlawful street racing on a highway <\/p>\n Thomas, Nicholson and Simpson, all from St. Pete, were booked on a charge of unlawful street racing on a highway.<\/p>\n The Source: Information for this story was provided by the Florida Highway Patrol.<\/p>\n Tampa<\/a>Crime and Public Safety<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article (Top left to right: Nathan Welch, Madison Nicholson) (Bottom left to right: Quamari Thomas, Summer Simpson) Courtesy:…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":155861,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[630,47,629,115,135,137,136,628],"class_list":["post-155860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-crime-publicsafety","tag-fl","tag-hillsborough","tag-news","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155860","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=155860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155860\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/155861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}