Police identify 3 men, 1 woman involved in Thursday's police pursuit on Turnpike
MIAMI - It took several PIT maneuvers for police to stop a white van they had been following Thursday afternoon on the northbound lanes of the Florida Turnpike in North Miami-Dade.
Several police units eventually pinned the van on the side of the highway and took the passengers into custody. Police have identified the driver as 36-year-old Mekal Wilson.
The others in the van were identified as Shuneka Gordon, 38, Norbert Baugh, 33, and 36-year-old Jermaal Stennett.
Those taken into custody face a slew of charges, including battery with a deadly weapon, fleeing law enforcement at a high rate of speed, and grand theft.
On Friday, they appeared in bond court.
Images from Chopper 4 showed Stennett trying to get away by going over the side of the highway as dozens of officers pulled him up and took him into custody.
In total, four people were taken into custody, including one woman, near 106 Street.
The pursuit started in Southwest Miami-Dade after a call of an assault on a law enforcement officer.
CBS News Miami has learned the van had been stolen from a location in Broward County and that the driver rammed a police cruiser as it was getting away.
Images from Chopper 4 showed multiple units from several jurisdictions in pursuit of a white U-Haul van driving at high rates of speed, going in and out of traffic.
Part of the pursuit had been conducted by aviation units. Traffic on the highway was impacted in both directions.
Police tell us there were no injuries.
