PUNTA GORDA, Fla. (WWSB) – A Punta Gorda man who had gotten away from deputies twice after high-speed chases was finally captured by a four-legged lawman.
The suspect, identified as Richard Howard Schumacher, 35. fled from Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office deputies on two separate occasions; on Sept. 14 in a pickup truck and Sept. 27 on a motorcycle, the sheriff’s office said.
In each case, Schumacher, who does not have a valid driver’s license, ignored emergency lights and sirens of the deputies and fled at a high rate of speed, running stop signs and traffic lights, deputies said…