Officer hospitalized after violent struggle with Lantana bike theft suspect

LANTANA, Fla. (CBS12) — A bike theft call in Lantana turned violent Friday when a handcuffed suspect attacked and dragged an officer, sending her to the hospital.

Around noon, the Lantana Police Department (LPD) was called to a McDonald’s on the 1500 block of W Lantana Road for reports of a bicycle theft.

Officers reported observing two suspicious men, one later identified as 32-year-old Mathew Crumrine, in a white SUV with a shiny red bicycle lying across the trunk…

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