Two men arrested following tri-county police pursuit
FORT LAUDERDALE -- Two people were in custody Wednesday following a high speed police pursuit of a reported stolen car that began in Miami-Dade and ended up on roads in Broward and Palm Beach counties and that lasted for several minutes -- and several miles.
The two men bailed out of the vehicle and began running but were both ultimately taken into custody, according to the Broward County Sheriff's Office.
The men, both 22, have been identified as Edward Foster and Matthew Geimer.
They are expected to face charges in Broward County that include attempted armed carjacking, aggravated fleeing and eluding. It was not immediately clear if they would also face charges in Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties.
Chopper 4 captured on camera as one of the men, shirtless and wearing only his red shorts, was arrested and taken into custody around 2:30 p.m. outside a home in Tamarac
No injuries were reported during the incident, which began around noon when a white Lexus was used during an armed robbery that occurred near NE 128th Street and North Bayshore Drive in North Miami, police there said.
The vehicle was later seen in Opa-Locka but it was then spotted shortly before 2 p.m. when Broward County Sheriff's Office deputies were alerted to a speeding vehicle.
The driver of the stolen white Lexus ended up traveling northbound on the Florida Turnpike in Broward County.
The driver exited the Turnpike and drove back into Broward.
At one point, the armed passenger in the stopped car jumped out and tried to get into the vehicle behind them but was unable to do so.
The passenger returned to the Lexus, which sped off but was then stopped at an intersection as the driver got out and carjacked another driver at gunpoint, the sheriff's office said.
Law enforcement officers crashed into the second car before both suspects ran from the scene.
One of the men was taken into custody a few minutes later but the second suspect ran from the scene and jumped in a canal and ended up in a residential neighborhood in the 4900 block of NW 54th Street in Tamarac.
The people inside the home ran out as deputies surrounded the home before the man surrendered a short time later.
He was taken to a local hospital as a precaution, according to the statement.
