\u201csubstantial increase\u201d<\/a> in people fleeing from police in recent years.<\/p>\nBut there are many \u201cmyths\u201d surrounding pursuits, including the belief that someone is only fleeing because they committed a serious crime, said Geoffrey Alpert, a criminal justice professor at the University of South Carolina. Albert, who has researched pursuits and policies for four decades, said suspects in a prolonged police chase rarely choose to stop, and national statistics show that between 30% and 40% of pursuits end in crashes.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey want to catch the bad guy. That\u2019s why they become cops. So how do we train them to understand there are really negative consequences if you don\u2019t do it well? And I think that\u2019s part of the problem,\u201d Alpert said.<\/p>\n
A police chase risks becoming self-justifying just because a suspect flees, warns Thomas Gleason, a retired Florida police captain and PursuitSAFETY advisory board member. He said it is critical to determine if a pursuit began for a reason allowed under policy, otherwise an unwarranted chase could be retroactively justified \u201cbecause the pursuit itself caused it to turn into a forcible felony.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat we see so many times is something will happen, we\u2019ll start a pursuit and all of a sudden, this guy is trying to get away, and then that gives us justification to go up on another level and pursue even more,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
BSO investigations are ongoing into the recent pursuits, and the deputies involved in them remain on regular duty, spokesperson Carey Codd said in an email.<\/p>\n
The agency\u2019s Pursuit Review Board evaluates all pursuits and failures to yield and will refer any cases to Internal Affairs if the board finds a policy violation. When pursuits result in serious injury or death, however, Internal Affairs begins investigating before the review board evaluates it, Codd said. So far, there has been no determination whether the recent pursuits were according to policy.<\/p>\n
The president of the Broward Sheriff\u2019s deputies union did not respond to a voicemail seeking comment about the recent pursuits.<\/p>\n
\u2018It was highly preventable\u2019<\/p>\n
Megan and Claudia Wilson and Ebony Seay told the Sun Sentinel they believe their father\u2019s death in Tamarac in February was preventable.<\/p>\n
Originally from the Parish of Manchester in Jamaica, Wilson\u2019s proudest achievement was becoming a U.S. citizen. He was a hardworking owner of a carpet-cleaning business, Available Carpet Care.<\/p>\n
His daughters described him as a protector and provider for his family, someone who cared to build relationships with his clients and a man whose generosity showed in small ways \u2014 giving change to those in need, offering rides or simply calling to check in.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was heartbreaking,\u201d Megan Wilson said after visiting the crash site more than a month after her father\u2019s death. \u201cIt was devastating to know that this was where my father\u2019s life ended \u2026 It\u2019s senseless, and it was highly preventable, and regardless of their policies and laws, I feel it was excessive and unwarranted.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Family of Ronald Wilson gather to create a makeshift memorial at the intersection of Prospect Road and Northwest 31st Avenue in Tamarac on Monday, March 23, 2026. Wilson, an uninvolved bystander, died in a crash with a Broward Sheriff’s Office deputy that occurred during a pursuit of an aggravated battery suspect driving a stolen car, court records say. (Carline Jean\/South Florida Sun Sentinel)
\nStolen truck had tracking device<\/p>\n
Pursuit policies for many South Florida police agencies, including BSO, urge officers to consider whether a chase is truly necessary if the suspect or vehicle can simply be tracked down later.<\/p>\n
In the crash that killed Bouffard, the truck that Randolph is accused of stealing in Fort Lauderdale was equipped with a tracking device, according to the probable cause affidavit and police dispatch audio. From the moment the truck was reported stolen shortly before 4 p.m. on Feb. 26, law enforcement received updates every few minutes with the truck\u2019s location, starting in Deerfield Beach.<\/p>\n
Randolph drove into Coconut Creek, where an affidavit said she intentionally hit two police cars during an attempted traffic stop. Randolph fled, and deputies and troopers began chasing.<\/p>\n
A BSO helicopter, referred to in the dispatch audio as the \u201cPapa\u201d unit, flew overhead shortly after 4:30 p.m., tracking the fleeing truck on the turnpike and relaying updates to officers who were in pursuit.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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A woman was arrested after a law enforcement pursuit that ended in a deadly crash in the southbound lanes of Florida’s Turnpike near Sunrise Boulevard on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026. (WSVN-Ch. 7\/Courtesy)<\/p>\n
Experts who contributed to the 2023 PERF report on pursuits recommend that policies prioritize whether a suspect can be tracked remotely \u2014 including by aircraft or GPS \u2014 and end a chase if tracking is possible.<\/p>\n
LoRusso noted that jurisdictions seeing fewer injuries from pursuit \u2014 even while chasing more often \u2014 are ending chases quickly using PIT maneuvers, grappling devices, or other technology. Still, he warned that delaying an apprehension isn\u2019t always safe for officers.<\/p>\n
\u201cSaying you can always arrest them later is not a viable option,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
While it may seem against an officer\u2019s nature to let a suspect go, both Gleason and Alpert said using available technology to catch someone later is likely a safer option.<\/p>\n
West Palm Beach Police uses the StarChase system, according to its policy, which can track a fleeing car by launching a GPS tag onto it from a law enforcement car or a handheld device.<\/p>\n
The technology was used in one recent pursuit.<\/p>\n
During an authorized pursuit in 2023, a West Palm Beach officer who was chasing a stabbing suspect successfully shot a StarChase tracker onto the fleeing car after the driver had driven the wrong way into oncoming traffic on multiple main roads. A system error prevented it from tracking the car, according to a pursuit report. A supervisor allowed the pursuit to continue onto Interstate 95, where the fleeing driver drove onto the swale of an exit ramp and onto Forrest Hill Boulevard, where he crashed with a bystander\u2019s car, the report said. Though the technology didn\u2019t work in that instance, research has shown that apprehension rates of suspects driving tagged vehicles were greater than 80%, according to the PERF report.<\/p>\n
The fleeing driver came to a stop after one officer \u201cmade contact\u201d with the suspect\u2019s car, according to the report. While the pursuit was deemed justified and according to policy, a captain recommended that the officer\u2019s chain of command review how he ended the pursuit. That officer was one of the seven who would later be fired for his participation in the pursuit that ended in the deaths of the mother and daughter in Boynton Beach.<\/p>\n
Local policies differ on PITs<\/p>\n
Only one of the three PIT maneuvers in the recent pursuits was successful. The method is performed by an officer using his or her patrol car to force a suspect\u2019s car to abruptly turn to the side and spin out.<\/p>\n
Moments before the crash that killed Wilson in Tamarac, the K-9 deputy tried to stop the fleeing driver with a PIT maneuver but was unsuccessful and briefly lost control of his car. The deputy regained control before entering the intersection, then crashed into Wilson as he attempted to drive after the suspect, the probable cause affidavit said. A screenshot of a personnel record released by BSO shows that the deputy had passed training on the PIT maneuver in July, six months before the crash.<\/p>\n
In the Feb. 26 pursuit on the turnpike, an FHP trooper performed a PIT maneuver 30 seconds after a BSO deputy chose not to perform the technique because of safety concerns, the probable cause affidavit said. The PIT maneuver forced the stolen truck to crash into the highway\u2019s shoulder where it hit Bouffard\u2019s car.<\/p>\n
A Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles spokesperson did not provide answers to emailed questions, including about the trooper\u2019s decision to perform a PIT maneuver.<\/p>\n
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A police pursuit with Florida Highway Patrol and Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies on Feb. 26, 2026, ended during rush hour traffic on the southbound lanes of Florida’s Turnpike. A chain-reaction crash that ended the pursuit resulted in the death of a 74-year-old woman. (WSVN-Ch. 7\/Courtesy)<\/p>\n
During the pursuit of Harvey in March,\u00a0in which his passenger died, a BSO\u00a0deputy\u2019s PIT maneuver failed to stop the suspect, according to a probable cause affidavit.<\/p>\n
Both BSO\u2019s and FHP\u2019s policies permit PIT maneuvers.<\/p>\n
Troopers have used PIT maneuvers in nearly 100 pursuits in Broward and Palm Beach counties in the past four years, FHP\u2019s data shows.<\/p>\n
In 2017, BSO recommended that the tactic be taught to all field personnel, considering it a valuable tool that can \u201cstop pursuits before they start, which ultimately enhances the safety of the public.\u201d<\/p>\n
In 2023 and 2024, PIT maneuvers were the most common reason BSO\u2019s pursuits ended, the agency\u2019s annual reports show. Codd said two people were injured during PIT maneuvers in those years: a suspect driver in one crash and a passenger of a fleeing car in another.<\/p>\n
But nationally recognized experts don\u2019t agree on whether the technique should be permitted, and there is no consensus about the speeds at which they can be done safely, according to the PERF report.<\/p>\n
Local police agencies also have differing policies. Coconut Creek Police prohibit PIT maneuvers at more than 45 mph unless the use of deadly force would be justified. Meanwhile, Boynton Beach and Wilton Manors police aren\u2019t allowed to use the technique at all.<\/p>\n
Gleason, who was a PIT maneuver instructor during his law enforcement career, said they should be used at lower speeds, unless deadly force is appropriate, and with a minimum of two police cars to perform them. The greater the speed of a PIT maneuver, the likelier a negative consequence, he said.<\/p>\n
Some departments consider PIT maneuvers something to do to ensure public safety, not jeopardize it, he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe do the PIT for public safety reasons, because if we let him go at 110 miles per hour and we don\u2019t PIT, then he\u2019s causing too much danger to the general public,\u201d Gleason said. \u201cBut how many lives do we risk when we do pursue that way?\u201d<\/p>\n
Traffic infraction pursuits<\/p>\n
On a dark, two-lane road in a Southwest Ranches neighborhood, a Davie Police officer tried to pull over a speeding driver late on a fall night in 2025. The driver fled, according to an investigative report.<\/p>\n
After briefly losing sight of the car, the officer spotted it and attempted a second traffic stop, but the driver still refused to pull over, according to the report. Two other Davie officers saw the car crash into a nearby canal. The driver and his passenger managed to get out without visible injuries.<\/p>\n
A supervisor later determined the pursuit reached speeds of 103 and 107 mph in\u00a0a 35 mph speed limit zone, according to the investigative report.<\/p>\n
Moments after the car\u2019s driver was arrested\u00a0the officer told another at the scene, \u201cI didn\u2019t pursue him. I turned my lights off and everything \u2026,\u201d police body cam footage shows.<\/p>\n
In the later internal review, the officer said she was in pursuit of the car and that she should have ended the traffic stop when he fled, according to the supervisor\u2019s report written two months later. The officer was given a written reprimand, disciplinary records show.<\/p>\n
With the fleeing driver handcuffed and placed in the police car\u2019s back seat, the officer told him she drove over 100 miles an hour while behind him, the body cam footage shows.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis could have been resolved really easily, you know,\u201d the officer told him. \u201cAnd you going that fast down the street? You know people have horses there and cows, they\u2019re always lost. I mean, they\u2019re in the middle of the road all the time. If you hit a bull in that speed you were going, both of you would have died. You would not have been able to avoid a bull in the middle of the road, there is no way. And I couldn\u2019t tell you how many times I had heard of cows in the middle of the road there.\u201d<\/p>\n
The instance was among dozens in recent years where an officer in South Florida chased someone for traffic violations, stolen cars, suspicious incidents or misdemeanors, according to police agencies\u2019 records.<\/p>\n
Before 2023, troopers were allowed to chase suspects in felonies, reckless driving and DUI. All other pursuits were prohibited. FHP changed its policy, giving troopers more discretion to decide when to start chases and eliminating the specifications.<\/p>\n
Over half of FHP\u2019s chases in Broward and Palm Beach counties were initiated for infractions while dozens of others were initiated for misdemeanors in 2024 and 2025 after the policy change, FHP\u2019s data shows.<\/p>\n
In 2020, a Davie junior officer began a pursuit over minor traffic infractions, driving up to 81 mph over nine blocks in a 30 mph zone, according to an investigative report. The officer continued the pursuit into Hollywood without getting supervisor approval until the fleeing car and another officer\u2019s patrol car crashed at an RV park in Hollywood, causing $20,000 in damage. The officer received a written performance log for violating pursuit policy.<\/p>\n
Asked during an internal review what probable cause he had to pursue, the Davie officer said he didn\u2019t know at the time. He said he \u201ctried to maintain constant visual of the car\u201d in case the driver \u201cdid something in another city,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n
The think tank\u2019s research report on pursuits says more than 90% of pursuits across the country are initiated over traffic violations.<\/p>\n
A traffic violation was the sole reason for the pursuit that ended in the crash that killed the mother and daughter Pochette and Woods in 2024, according to a pending federal civil lawsuit filed by their family against the city and each of the seven former officers, which alleges, in part, that West Palm Beach Police has a history of unauthorized pursuits.<\/p>\n
Attorneys representing the seven officers and the city have not yet filed their responses in federal court to the allegations in the lawsuit.<\/p>\n
One year before the West Palm Beach Police pursuit that ended in\u00a0the deaths of Pochette and Woods, a West Palm Beach detective began pursuing a driver over a traffic violation. The officer chased the driver for four minutes, driving as fast as 118 mph, but never caught up with the car, according to a discipline report. A lieutenant wrote in the report that the chase would not have been authorized had he been aware of it. The detective received verbal counseling as discipline, the report shows.<\/p>\n
West Palm Beach Police\u2019s pursuit policy was revised four months after the deaths of Pochette and Woods, a copy obtained by the Sun Sentinel shows. In response to questions about what changed and why, the city\u2019s director of communications, Kathleen Joy, said: \u201cThe City of West Palm Beach is unable to comment due to this being an active legal matter and investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n
Confusion, supervisors and conflicting conclusions<\/p>\n
South Florida police departments generally define a pursuit as an active effort by officers to apprehend a driver who knows that officers are trying to stop them but evades by speeding or disobeying traffic laws. Several agencies also say that officers cannot circumvent pursuit policies\u00a0by using terms like \u201cfollowing,\u201d \u201cshadowing,\u201d \u201cmonitoring\u201d or \u201ctracking.\u201d<\/p>\n
In pursuits investigated by chains of command and internal affairs units in recent years, the Sun Sentinel identified cases where officers and supervisors expressed confusion about what constitutes a pursuit or disagreed whether one had actually occurred. In several cases, supervisors and high-ranking leaders reached conflicting conclusions about whether officers\u2019 actions were pursuits and if they followed policy.<\/p>\n
In one pursuit in Davie in 2021, a sergeant and lieutenant allowed an officer to chase a car driving without headlights and quickly learned the vehicle had been reported stolen. The officer continued the chase for 15 miles into another city, never communicating over the radio that his maximum speed reached 104 mph, according to an internal affairs report.<\/p>\n
The lieutenant did not complete the required documentation because he didn\u2019t view the incident as a pursuit, according to the investigative document. During the review, the sergeant said he would have canceled the chase had he known it reached 100 mph. The officer, sergeant and lieutenant were all found to have violated the policy.<\/p>\n
In 2024, a Davie officer who chased a driver without any evidence of a forcible felony and a supervisor both failed to classify the event as a pursuit. The officer explained he \u201cdidn\u2019t think it was really a pursuit\u201d and \u201cappeared confused\u201d about whether and when it was considered one after he had chased a stolen car at speeds up to 92 mph along major roads until a sergeant called it off, according to a supervisory review form. The officer received a coaching form for the violation.<\/p>\n
Supervisors bear much of the responsibility for a chase, and must constantly assess whether the evolving situation warrants continuing or canceling it, according to the South Florida pursuit policies reviewed by the Sun Sentinel.<\/p>\n
In some cases reviewed by the Sun Sentinel, officers did not communicate to their supervisors that they were in a pursuit or provide critical information \u2014 such as speed and location \u2014 that would help supervisors decide whether to call off a chase, internal affairs and supervisory review reports show. And in some cases, supervisors themselves have been investigated or disciplined for their decision-making.<\/p>\n
In one case in 2022, a BSO lieutenant with two decades on the force participated in a chase of a stolen scooter in Pompano Beach. He later told Internal Affairs the pursuit should not have happened and that no BSO employee should have done what he did, according to an investigative report. The lieutenant tried to get the scooter driver to stop by positioning his unmarked SUV in front of it, but the driver fled over a swale and ran a red light, nearly colliding with another car. The investigative report did not specify whether the lieutenant was disciplined or if the allegation of an unauthorized pursuit was sustained.<\/p>\n
A sergeant had ordered twice over the radio for the pursuit to be canceled, but two of the deputies who participated in the chase \u2014 and who drove on the wrong side of Atlantic Boulevard during it \u2014 were using a different radio channel, according to the report.<\/p>\n
Only one Sunrise Police pursuit in the past five years was deemed against policy, and even that one was initially ruled justified. In March 2025, a sergeant pursued a car for speeding at 65 mph in a 45 mph zone. The sergeant noticed that the driver looked to be wearing a \u201cwig or disguise\u201d that partly covered his face and appeared to be reaching beneath seats while driving, possibly trying to grab a gun, a lieutenant wrote in a report after the pursuit.<\/p>\n
The lieutenant said the pursuit was within policy, but a\u00a0major disagreed. The officer was given a written reprimand as discipline for violating the policy.<\/p>\n
In another West Palm Beach Police chase from 2024, a lieutenant allowed an officer to chase a car that was involved in a shooting earlier that day. The officer drove at 102 mph, and both he and the suspect\u2019s car crashed, resulting in an estimated $20,000 of damage, according to a pursuit report. Although the supervisor found the chase was within policy, the assistant chief in his own review determined the opposite, recommending the officer be suspended for eight hours and ordering remedial training. It\u2019s unclear what discipline the officer ultimately received.<\/p>\n
Causes of deaths pending<\/p>\n
Two months later, Bouffard\u2019s autopsy has not yet been finalized, according to the Medical Examiner\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n
Autopsy and investigative reports for the woman who died on March 22 and the two men who died April 17 are exempt from being released because of active criminal investigations, a Medical Examiner\u2019s Office official said.<\/p>\n
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Megan Wilson, 43, left, and her sister Ebony Seay, 36, place flowers and balloons at the intersection where their father, Ronald Wilson, was killed in a February 16 pursuit by a BSO deputy in Tamarac. (Carline Jean\/South Florida Sun Sentinel)<\/p>\n
The cause and manner of death for Wilson is still pending further investigation.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid they slow down at the interaction? What was going on?\u201d questioned Megan Wilson. \u201c\u2026 I think there\u2019s some loopholes or some gaps that need to be fixed or changed or something\u2019s gotta be different because people can\u2019t keep losing their lives senselessly like this. And obviously our father has not and will not be the last one.\u201d<\/p>\n
SOUTH FLORIDA DATA<\/p>\n
Annual and investigative reports, internal logs and data provided by the departments that responded to the Sun Sentinel\u2019s public records requests by publication show:<\/p>\n
FHP troopers have participated in 306 pursuits in Broward and Palm Beach counties between 2021 and early 2026. Crashes occurred in 105 of them.
\nBSO deputies have participated in more than 350 chases between 2017 and 2024, the last year with a complete annual report available. At least 59 of those were not in compliance with policy.
\nDuring BSO pursuits in those years, at least seven bystanders or citizens were injured, at least nine passengers in fleeing cars were injured, at least 17 deputies were injured and at least 46 suspects were injured.\u00a0The annual reports note injuries may be caused by crashes, use-of-force during arrest or if a suspect injured themselves while running away.
\nCrashes occurred in about 30 percent of BSO pursuits between 2017 and 2024.
\nFor several years, BSO\u2019s chases were terminated most often because a suspect crashed. That changed in 2023 and 2024, when pursuits were most often terminated by PIT maneuvers.
\nPalm Beach County Sheriff\u2019s Office deputies have participated in at least 47 pursuits between 2021 and 2024, the last year with a complete annual report available. Crashes occurred in about 30 percent of them. Of the total number of pursuits, a quarter of them were not within the agency\u2019s policy.
\nCoconut Creek Police officers have participated in at least 28 pursuits in the past five years. Only two were found not in compliance with policy.
\nDavie Police officers have participated in at least 19 pursuits in the past five years. Crashes occurred in eight of them. In one pursuit, a suspect and officers were injured and an uninvolved bystander\u2019s car was damaged. In another, a suspect and an uninvolved bystander were injured. Data provided does not make it clear how the injuries in those instances occurred. At least eight officers or supervisors were found to have violated the pursuit policy in that time frame.
\nDavie Police officers reached maximum speeds between 100 mph and 130 mph in seven different pursuits between 2021 and 2025.
\nMargate Police officers have participated in at least 12 pursuits in the last five years. Crashes occurred in five of them. One pursuit was deemed unjustified and led a supervisor to recommend a more elaborate definition of what constitutes a pursuit.
\nSunrise Police officers have participated in at least eight pursuits in the past five years, two of which involved crashes. Only one of the eight was deemed not within policy.
\nWest Palm Beach Police officers have participated in at least 43 pursuits between 2021 and 2025, 18 of which included crashes. Of the total, 15 were not within policy.
\nDelray Beach Police officers have participated in at least six pursuits in the past five years, one of which was determined unjustified. Two of them resulted in a combined $4,000 worth of damage.
\nBoynton Beach Police officers have participated in at least 60 pursuits between January 2020 and January 2026. Crashes occurred in about 33 percent of them. Of the total,\u00a0 25% were not within the agency\u2019s policy.
\nSix of Boynton Beach Police\u2019s pursuits were listed as being terminated due to public safety.
\nBoynton Beach Police officers in eight separate chases reached maximum speeds of 100 mph, including three where the initial violation was a traffic offense. In nearly two dozen others, officers chased at more than 100 mph, with the fastest speed being 135 mph.<\/p>\n
Sun Sentinel data reporter Patrick McCaslin contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It had been a typical night for Ronald Wilson. Just before midnight on Feb. 16, Wilson was headed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":243170,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[506,112,28,29,249,251,250,114,266,373,115,557,109],"class_list":["post-243169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-broward-county","tag-crime-and-public-safety","tag-florida","tag-florida-news","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news","tag-latest-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-miami-dade-county","tag-news","tag-palm-beach-county","tag-social"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243169","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=243169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243169\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/243170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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A makeshift memorial for Ronald Wilson is seen at the intersection of Prospect Road and Northwest 31st Avenue in Tamarac on Monday, March 23, 2026. Wilson was killed Feb. 16, 2026, during a pursuit after a Broward Sheriff’s Office deputy crashed into Wilson’s truck, a probable cause affidavit said. (Carline Jean\/South Florida Sun Sentinel)<\/p>\n![\"Bonnie](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/bonnie-photo-2.jpg\")
Bonnie Bouffard, 74, was killed in a crash on Florida’s Turnpike near the Sunrise Boulevard exit that occurred during a pursuit with Florida Highway Patrol troopers and Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026. (Cindy Scurry\/Courtesy)<\/p>\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/toyota-wpb-officers-chase.jpg\")
The Toyota Corolla that was destroyed in the July 30, 2024, crash in Boynton Beach, resulting in the deaths of Marcia Pochette, 57, and her daughter Jenice Woods, 27, is shown where it came to rest. The crash occurred as West Palm Beach Police pursued another driver. (Screenshot of court record)<\/p>\n![\"Nylah](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/TFL-L-POLICE-PURSUITS-family1.jpg\")
Nylah Simon, 14, places balloons at a makeshift memorial for her grandfather, Ronald Wilson, on Monday, March 23, 2026, a month after Wilson died during a crash that occurred as a Broward Sheriff’s Office deputy pursued a fleeing driver. (Carline Jean\/South Florida Sun Sentinel)<\/p>\n![\"Sean](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/recent-pursuit-arrests.jpg\")
Sean Holder, Laiken Randolph, Michael Harvey and Anthony Davis were arrested in February, March and April after fleeing from police during four separate pursuits in Broward County where deadly crashes occurred. (Broward Sheriff’s Office\/Courtesy)\n<\/p>\n