A man is accused of ramming an undercover police SUV, fleeing on foot through Margate neighborhoods, swimming across a canal, and being arrested with multiple firearms and cannabis.
According to a Margate Police probable cause affidavit, officers spotted Maurice Eugene Lampkin, 21, of Fort Lauderdale, driving on North State Road 7 on June 24. An officer recognized his vehicle as one that had recently fled a Broward Sheriff’s Office traffic stop and began preparing to stop it.
Police said an unmarked patrol vehicle activated its lights and siren near the 1900 block of North State Road 7. Instead of stopping, investigators say Lampkin shifted his car into reverse and backed into the front of the unmarked police vehicle, damaging its grille and bumper. Another detective then used his vehicle to block him from escaping, according to the report…