{"id":299528,"date":"2026-06-08T00:47:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T00:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/299528\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T00:47:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T00:47:16","slug":"bodycam-15-mph-slow-motion-pursuit-ends-with-florida-motorcyclist-behind-bars-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/299528\/","title":{"rendered":"BODYCAM: 15 mph slow-motion pursuit ends with Florida motorcyclist behind bars"},"content":{"rendered":"

BUNNELL, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A Florida man accused of fleeing deputies on a battered motorcycle didn’t get far, topping out at just 15 mph before his getaway came to an abrupt end.<\/p>\n

According to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office<\/a>, the incident unfolded around 2:23 a.m. Friday, a deputy spotted a blue motorcycle traveling without lights or a license plate.<\/p>\n

Deputies said they heard the motorcycle before they saw it, thanks to loud, unmuffled backfiring.<\/p>\n

Authorities described the motorcycle as a heavily worn “parts bike” that sounded more like a weed eater than a high-performance motorcycle.<\/p>\n

See also: WATCH: Florida deputies revive 68-year-old woman after pulling her face down from ocean<\/a><\/p>\n

When the deputy attempted to conduct a traffic stop, the motorcyclist, later identified as 33-year-old Brian Swartz of Bunnell, allegedly refused to pull over and instead slowly rode away at 15 mph.<\/p>\n

After an anything but high-speed pursuit, deputies cornered Swartz and placed him in custody.<\/p>\n

Deputies subsequently booked Swartz into jail for counts of operating a motorcycle without a license and fleeing with disregard for safety. Records show he was previously booked for street racing in January.<\/p>\n

The sheriff’s office used the incident as an opportunity to remind residents that attempting to flee from law enforcement rarely ends well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BUNNELL, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A Florida man accused of fleeing deputies on a battered motorcycle didn’t get far,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299278,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-299528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299528","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=299528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299528\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/299278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}