POLK COUNTY, Fla. – A Lakeland man wanted on multiple outstanding warrants was taken into custody after leading deputies on a foot race through a crowded Home Depot parking lot, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd announced during a morning briefing on Monday.
Christopher Chapman, 36, faced an active warrant out of Hillsborough County covering charges that included leaving the scene of a crash, resisting arrest, driving on a suspended license, and failing to register as a career offender.
Polk County deputies located Chapman off Highway 98 North near the Home Depot along Barrett Avenue. According to Sheriff Judd, Chapman refused to surrender when confronted by law enforcement and immediately bolted across the pavement…