{"id":309903,"date":"2026-06-16T23:55:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T23:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/309903\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T23:55:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T23:55:25","slug":"two-motorcyclists-arrested-after-fleeing-traffic-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/309903\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Motorcyclists Arrested After Fleeing Traffic Stop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/megan-lynne-bateman.png\" alt=\"Two Motorcyclists Arrested After Fleeing Traffic Stop\" class=\"pr-3 pb-3\" aria-label=\"Two Motorcyclists Arrested After Fleeing Traffic Stop\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Two motorcyclists learned that running from deputies is not a successful strategy.<\/p>\n<p>On June 13, 2026, two motorcycles fled from a traffic stop in the Brandon area. With assistance from the Aviation Unit, deputies were able to safely track both riders from above as they attempted to evade law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>One rider, Christopher Cruzcolon, 30, abandoned his motorcycle and ran through a storage facility before being taken into custody.<\/p>\n<p>The second rider, Megan Lynne Bateman, 35, continued fleeing until a train blocked her path. Bateman then ran along nearby railroad tracks before falling into bushes, where deputies took her into custody.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to teamwork between the Aviation Unit and deputies on the ground, both suspects were arrested.<br \/>&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>Additional Images<\/p>\n<p>                                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/cruzcolon.png\" alt=\"Two Motorcyclists Arrested After Fleeing Traffic Stop Supporting Image\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two motorcyclists learned that running from deputies is not a successful strategy. On June 13, 2026, two motorcycles&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":309904,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-309903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309903","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=309903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309903\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/309904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}