By Nicholas Dorsten, Esq.
Very similar to a past post we blogged about, a simple traffic stop in St. Petersburg became a violent chase with guns and drugs recovered...
ST. PETERSBURG, FL — Police found 4 pounds of marijuana, prescription drugs, cash and a high-powered weapon after a traffic stop turned violent Monday night.
At about 9:45 p.m., St. Petersburg police covert street crimes officers began following a silver Kia. They saw the driver, suspect, 25, of St. Petersburg run a red light at 22nd Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. St. N, and proceeded to have a marked police unit pull the vehicle over a few blocks away.
The driver got out of the vehicle and began fighting with officers. The suspect turned out to have warrants in Hillsborough County on charges of home invasion robbery and other charges, he was armed with a handgun, police said.
An officer was treated for minor injuries because of the fight.
As the fugitive was struggling with officers, his passenger, a 22-year-old female, hopped from the passenger side to behind the wheel and sped away, striking a police cruiser.
Police were then given permission to pursue the Kia and followed the vehicle to 40th Avenue NE and Birch Street, where the pursuit ended without further incident.
Police found 4 pounds of marijuana, more than 100 Xanax pills, 66 oxycodone pills, nine hydrocodone pills, more than $5,000 in cash and a loaded, high-capacity weapon, police said.
The driver faces charges of battery on a law enforcement officer, carrying a concealed firearm, possession of marijuana with intent to sell, resisting arrest with violence and felon in possession of a firearm. He was being held without bail at the Pinellas County Jail.
The passenger now faces three counts of aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, possession of marijuana, carrying a concealed firearm, leaving the scene of an accident and aggravated fleeing and eluding. She was being held at the Pinellas County Jail in lieu of $90,250.
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