A Florida grand jury has indicted a Miami man who allegedly killed a 71-year-old woman while he was fleeing cops the wrong way down a Sunshine State highway.
Stevens Charles, 40, stands accused of first-degree murder in the death of Julia Wagner, which occurred last month in Volusia County. Cops on the afternoon of Sept. 16 tried to pull over Charles, a suspect in a string of burglaries in neighboring Flagler County, in a Chevrolet Suburban, according to a probable cause arrest affidavit. But Charles allegedly drove away and hopped on southbound Interstate 95.
Deputies gave chase to the Suburban, which was “traveling at a recklessly high speed, in congested traffic, with no regard for the safety of the motoring public, or the law enforcement officers attempting to stop him,” the affidavit said. Charles then exited the highway and re-entered traveling the wrong way down an exit ramp on the northbound side…