MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — A 16-year-old boy accused of carjacking a Chevrolet Corvette at gunpoint and leading authorities on a high-speed chase across Miami-Dade County earlier this year is now being charged as an adult, according to jail records obtained by Local 10 News on Thursday.
Authorities identified the suspect as Kelvin Jamari Thomas.
Jail records show he is facing charges including armed robbery/carjacking, aggravated fleeing and eluding and cocaine possession with intent to sell or deliver.
The incident happened just after 1 a.m. Feb. 5 near Northwest Fifth Avenue and Northwest 29th Street in Wynwood.
According to an arrest report from the Miami Police Department, two victims were sitting inside a gray 2025 Chevrolet Corvette shortly after 1 a.m. when an armed suspect approached the driver’s side door wearing a Nike Tech hoodie and a black ski mask.
Police said Thomas pointed a gun at both victims and ordered them out of the vehicle before demanding the keys.
The victims complied, and the suspect drove away in the Corvette.
One of the victims left a cellphone inside the vehicle and used a GPS application to track both the phone and the Corvette, police said. Officers later traced the vehicle as it traveled through Homestead and eventually toward Miami Gardens.
Authorities from the Florida Highway Patrol, and Miami Gardens Police Department and MPD coordinated efforts to locate the Corvette.
According to a separate FHP arrest report, troopers spotted the Corvette near Northwest Seventh Road and Northwest 168th Drive in Miami Gardens around 2 a.m. after a be-on-the-lookout alert was issued.
Troopers attempted a traffic stop, but the Corvette fled at speeds reaching approximately 120 mph through residential streets and onto the Palmetto Expressway, authorities said.
The pursuit ended when the Corvette crashed near Northwest 42nd Avenue and Northwest 183rd Street, slamming into a police vehicle and a fence at a nearby Shell gas station, according to investigators.
Police said Thomas then ran from the wrecked Corvette before officers captured him after a brief foot chase.
They said a black handgun and black ski mask were recovered near the crashed vehicle.
While being escorted to a patrol vehicle, Thomas allegedly told troopers, “I just took the car, that’s it,” according to the report.
No injuries were reported.
During questioning, detectives said Thomas also removed a plastic bag containing suspected cocaine from his hoodie pocket and threw it on the ground.
As of Thursday, he was being held at the Metrowest Detention Center, where his bond was not listed at this time.
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