Florida Highway Patrol video<\/a> shows what happened next: a nighttime pursuit through the Lakeland area that ended with a trooper using a PIT maneuver to spin the car to a stop.<\/p>\nThe chase began around 2:43 a.m. Sept. 11, after FHP received a be-on-the-lookout alert for the 2014 Dodge Avenger. Three minutes later, an automated license plate reader detected it near Old Combee Road and East Lake Parker Drive.<\/p>\n
A trooper moved to intercept the Dodge near SR-33. After the pursuit ended, FHP found another problem: the plate displayed on the car belonged to a different vehicle, and the Avenger itself was unregistered.<\/p>\n
The Dodge Lights Up the Reader<\/p>\n
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The driver was 17-year-old Brock Austin Shorette of Lakeland.<\/p>\n
FHP had a little fun with that detail when it posted the pursuit footage to Instagram, framing the clip as a lesson in “Driver’s Ed” and adding: “Rule #1 = #DontRun.”<\/p>\n
Trooper Jonathan Medina positioned himself near SR-33 after the license plate reader hit, anticipating the Dodge would continue north on Old Combee Road.<\/p>\n
At about 2:48 a.m., Medina spotted the Avenger turning west onto SR-33 and moved to intercept it.<\/p>\n
The Dodge instead turned north back onto Old Combee Road and entered the residential area around Ashbury Parke Drive. Medina activated the emergency lights and siren on patrol unit FHP0901.<\/p>\n
The Avenger made a U-turn and headed south on Old Combee Road.<\/p>\n
Medina then used a precision immobilization technique, or PIT maneuver, spinning the Dodge to a stop.<\/p>\n
The quick ending did not go unnoticed. One commenter wrote, “Well that ended quickly,” while another focused on the choice of getaway car: “In a Dodge Avenger.”<\/p>\n
The Plate Belonged Somewhere Else<\/p>\n
After the PIT, troopers held the occupants at gunpoint until additional units arrived. They were taken into custody without further incident.<\/p>\n
The plate displayed on the Dodge was registered to a different vehicle. The Avenger itself was unregistered.<\/p>\n
FHP charged Shorette with fleeing or eluding at high speed with disregard for the safety of people or property.<\/p>\n
Because Lakeland Police initiated the original attempted stop, Shorette was turned over to that agency under case number 2026-0085198.<\/p>\n
Shorette was booked at 4:03 a.m. into the Juvenile Assessment Center in Bartow.<\/p>\n
All parties are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.<\/p>\n