FHP: Man arrested after stealing pickup truck, crashing in Pembroke Pines

Yurianne Hervis-Gonzalez. (Miami-Dade Corrections & Rehabilitation)

PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. – The Florida Highway Patrol arrested a man Wednesday after he stole a red Ford pickup truck and then fled from troopers when they tried to pull him over, authorities said.

According to FHP Lt. Alex Camacho, troopers received a LO Jack stolen vehicle alert on Okeechobee Road near Krome Avenue.

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He said troopers spotted the truck driving recklessly in the northbound lanes of Okeechobee Road.

They attempted to pull over the driver, later identified as Yurianne Hervis-Gonzalez, 41, but he fled, leading troopers on a chase into Pembroke Pines, Camacho said.

According to Camacho, Hervis-Gonzalez lost control of the truck as he was trying to turn right onto eastbound Johnson Street and crashed into a marked FHP unit.

He was immediately taken into custody after the crash.

Camacho said the suspect and trooper were not injured.

Hervis-Gonzalez faces charges of grand theft, fleeing and eluding, reckless driving and driving with a suspended license.

He was brought back down to Miami-Dade County where the chase originated and is being held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.


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