Hollywood man accused of assaulting trooper, fleeing crash on I-95 in North Miami Beach

NORTH MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — A 32-year-old Hollywood man was arrested after Florida Highway Patrol troopers say he fled the scene of a crash on Interstate 95, resisted arrest and punched a trooper during a struggle on Wednesday.

The suspect, identified as James Preston McDowell, faces four counts of resisting an officer without violence and one count each of aggravated battery of a law enforcement officer with a weapon causing great bodily harm, fleeing or eluding police after an accident with injuries, and leaving the scene of a crash involving property damage, according to jail records.

Troopers said the incident happened Thursday evening on I-95 north of Northwest 135th Street…

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