Suspect flees abandoned vehicle near dealership on US 19, Palm Harbor FL
TrafficA suspect crashed and abandoned a vehicle near car dealerships on County Road 39 by US 19 in Palm Harbor, Florida. The suspect left an empty bottle of liquor in the vehicle and fled on foot westbound through the dealership lot. Police are searching the area with K9 units and air support to locate the suspect.
Audio|Source: Pinellas County Sheriff and EMS, Clearwater / St. Petersburg Police
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Transcript:
00:00
Okay, 7. I just left it abandoned here, US 19.
00:05
Okay.
00:10
74, I'm right behind you. I'll take the car if you want to circulate with the dog or whatever you should do.
00:18
Yeah, I mean, we don't have anything at this point.
00:20
Someone makes contact from any runs. I mean, obviously, it's definitely signal 13 what he's doing.
00:29
K7, all units let's go over to Bravo.
00:32
Copy all unit, 10964, Bravo.
00:42
K7 to 71, you guys on Bravo?
00:47
We're on Bravo. We're on, Bravo.
00:51
Hey, do you guys have anything over the dealership there? I saw a couple of employees out in about as I was coming northbound.
00:56
If you were here in the BMW, we don't see anything heads.
01:05
Alright, let me see some employees trying to make contact with them and see if they see someone running through their lot.
01:14
Okay.
01:24
K7 and 74. If you're not ready, just double clear that car real quick, make sure there's nothing in there we need to know about.
01:50
Looks like it's probably signal one. I got a empty bottle of liquor on the floor.
01:54
Nothing else jumping out of me.
01:56
All right, copy.
02:14
I might just walk on someone, but how close is his house to where he bailed from the car?
02:24
He's all the way on the other side of US 19.
02:30
Alright,
02:31
just get some US West over there, maybe just trying to hook it on foot.
02:36
The employees at BMW also put him going west through the dealership.
02:44
Okay,
02:46
I copy. Did they say where exactly he went through his dealership over here?
02:51
Cross 32 break.
02:54
Cross 32, their witness saying he ran past the car dealerships down County Road 39 westbound.
02:59
All right, copy LTI, I'm right behind you.
03:08
Calling in now saying that they were involved in a signal four, signal three with that vehicle.
03:12
All right, K-7 I copy.
03:18
Let's try and figure out our last,
03:20
you know, in point for this guy and I'll get the dog out. We've got charges now.
03:25
Yeah, let's start a box west of 19, maybe even west of Belcher.
03:33
Yeah, K-7, someone get the Eagle up too.
03:36
Whoever made contact with the employees at the BMW,
03:40
56 me so I can get a start point.
03:45
71 copies.
03:48
Hey, 71, give up the female on County Road 39, almost at US 19. She's the one that pointed that he went westbound from the dealership.
04:01
Kobe.
04:04
I have her right here. I'll get with her and see what she has.
04:09
Yeah, red shirt female. She's the one that pointed that he kept running westbound.
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Location mentioned:
US-19 & Co Rd 39, Palm Harbor, FL 34683
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