{"id":156253,"date":"2026-02-15T10:39:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T10:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/156253\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T10:39:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T10:39:17","slug":"tampa-street-takeover-leads-to-100-mph-chase-4-arrested-fhp-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/156253\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa street takeover leads to 100+ mph chase, 4 arrested: FHP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Brief<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Four people were arrested early Saturday after a high-speed chase connected to a Tampa street takeover, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Troopers say the driver, 21-year-old Nathan Welch, exceeded 100 mph, ran red lights and fled a traffic stop near Hillsborough and Lois avenues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Welch faces fleeing, unlawful street racing, false imprisonment and drug charges, while his three passengers were charged with unlawful street racing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">TAMPA, Fla. &#8211; Four people were arrested after a vehicle led troopers on a high-speed chase tied to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/hillsborough\/tampa\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Tampa;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Tampa <\/a>street takeover shortly after midnight Saturday, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Florida;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Florida <\/a>Highway Patrol.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The backstory<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">FHP says the driver, Nathan Welch, 21, did not stop when a trooper tried to make a traffic stop near <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/hillsborough\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Hillsborough;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">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<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/news\/sarasota-felon-tased-arrested-chase-international-plaza-bay-street-mall-tampa\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Sarasota felon tased, arrested after I-275 chase ends at International Plaza and Bay Street mall: FHP;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Sarasota felon tased, arrested after I-275 chase ends at International Plaza and Bay Street mall: FHP<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">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<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Dig deeper<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">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<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Hunter, of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/pinellas\/st-petersburg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:St. Petersburg;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">St. Petersburg<\/a>, faces the following charges:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Possession of cannabis sativa resin<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Unlawful street racing on a highway<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Thomas, Nicholson and Simpson, all from St. Pete, were booked on a charge of unlawful street racing on a highway.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Source<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Information for this story was provided by the Florida Highway Patrol.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief Four people were arrested early Saturday after a high-speed chase connected to a Tampa street takeover,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":156254,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[12775,44086,618,75025,74956,75024,36454,75023,135,137,136,75026],"class_list":{"0":"post-156253","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tampa","8":"tag-chase","9":"tag-false-imprisonment","10":"tag-florida-highway-patrol","11":"tag-madison-nicholson","12":"tag-nathan-welch","13":"tag-quamari-thomas","14":"tag-street-racing","15":"tag-summer-simpson","16":"tag-tampa","17":"tag-tampa-headlines","18":"tag-tampa-news","19":"tag-tampa-street-takeover"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156253","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=156253"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156253\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}