Miami-Dade police officers search for 1 linked to abandoned stolen car

Two arrested after abandoning stolen car on Florida Turnpike, police say

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Miami-Dade Police Department officers were searching for a person who abandoned a stolen car on the side of the Florida Turnpike. 

Officers and Florida Highway Patrol troopers were following a stolen Toyota FJ Cruiser northbound on Tuesday afternoon. The driver stopped near the exit ramp at 152nd Street and everyone inside jumped out and ran into the Palmetto Estates neighborhood, police said. 

Officers were at Southwest 160th Street, just east of the Florida Turnpike, near the Christ the King Catholic School at 16000 SW 112 Ave. There is a helicopter flying over the perimeter.

As of about 4:55 p.m., officers said two suspects were caught, but one was still on the run. 

This is a developing story. 


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Terrell Forney joined Local 10 News in October 2005 as a general assignment reporter. He was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, but a desire to escape the harsh winters of the north brought him to South Florida.

The Emmy Award-winning journalist joined the Local 10 News team in 2013. She wrote for the Miami Herald for more than 9 years and won a Green Eyeshade Award.

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