FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A 27-year-old man accused of carjacking his ex-girlfriend in Plantation was arrested Friday after leading police on a chase that they say ended in a crash in Fort Lauderdale’s Melrose Park neighborhood.
Plantation police said officers responded around 7:05 a.m. to a report of a carjacking at a home near the 1100 block of North University Drive.
They said Anthony Torres Torrero allegedly battered his girlfriend and took her vehicle shortly after.
Fort Lauderdale police later located the car and attempted a traffic stop, but said Torres Torrero sped away.
The pursuit ended when he crashed into a fence and struck a parked car in the 600 block of Long Island Avenue, according to Casey Liening, a spokeswoman for the Fort Lauderdale Police Department.
Investigators said Torres Torrero tried to run again after the crash but was quickly found with the help of a police K-9.
Jail records show he is facing charges of carjacking without a weapon, assault, fleeing and eluding, and driving without a valid license. Records show he also had outstanding warrants out of Osceola County for false imprisonment and dating violence.
As of Saturday, he was being held without bond at the Broward County Main Jail.
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