The driver of a car full of passengers sped off when Longboat police pulled in behind early on a recent Sunday morning, but nobody has been arrested yet on a felony charge of attempting to elude.
According to a police report, an officer saw a white sedan with what appeared to be every seat occupied traveling south past him a little after 4 a.m. Sunday, March 1 while he was stationed at the intersection of Gulf of Mexico Drive and Broadway Street. When the officer pulled his patrol truck onto Gulf of Mexico Drive to follow the vehicle, it sped off, the report describes.
“While behind the vehicle, the vehicle rapidly accelerated a high rate of speed,” the report says. “I then attempted to stop the vehicle by activating my emergency equipment, lights and sirens and attempted to catch up to the vehicle. The vehicle continued to increase speed and it was apparent the vehicle was fleeing to elude law enforcement.”…