A Dodge Avenger that fled Lakeland Police was back on law enforcement’s radar within minutes, this time because an automated license plate reader picked it up across town.
Newly released Florida Highway Patrol video shows what happened next: a nighttime pursuit through the Lakeland area that ended with a trooper using a PIT maneuver to spin the car to a stop.
The chase began around 2:43 a.m. Sept. 11, after FHP received a be-on-the-lookout alert for the 2014 Dodge Avenger. Three minutes later, an automated license plate reader detected it near Old Combee Road and East Lake Parker Drive…