21-year-old faces new charges after fleeing deputies in Northwest Gainesville

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) — Alachua County Sheriff’s deputies released new details and video of a man who briefly escaped their custody Thursday.

Investigators said 21-year-old Derrick Burke was arrested following an armed domestic incident at the Quality Inn on Newberry Road.

Burke was taken to the hospital after being tased, where he escaped and ran away near the Publix on Northwest 43rd Street and 53rd Avenue. He was captured a short time later…

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