Man arrested in swamp after fleeing traffic stop

The Volusia Sheriff’s Office used its Air One helicopter to detect the suspect's body heat in the swamp.

  • By Observer Staff
  • | 1:00 p.m. August 24, 2022
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A 23-year-old Gainesville man was arrested in Flagler County after he fled from a traffic stop in Bunnell, crashed into a ditch and tried to hide himself in a pond.

FCSO deputies found the suspect on Aug. 22 with helicopter assistance, according to an FCSO news release. 

They caught him nearly five hours after a Flagler County Sheriff’s Office deputy tried to pull him over for a suspended license.

The suspect is facing charges of fleeing and eluding and cocaine possession.

Deputies found 2.56 grams of cocaine in a plastic bag that fell out of his wrecked black Chevrolet as it was being towed away, according to the news release.

 

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