Troopers monitoring traffic and conducting speed enforcement along Interstate 4 observed a Volkswagen sedan traveling westbound near Milepost 35 at 119 MPH in a posted 70 MPH speed zone and driving recklessly.
The Troopers attempted to conduct a traffic stop, but the vehicle increased its speed and fled from the Troopers with its lights turned off. The fleeing vehicle entered Hillsborough County and reached speeds over 130 MPH, continuing until Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard where the suspect exited the interstate and traveled westbound.
The vehicle’s tires eventually disintegrated and with the vehicle now disabled, the suspect stopped at East Lake Avenue and North 34th Street.
The suspect, John Dylan Butler, 20, of Apollo Beach, Florida then surrendered without incident.
Following Butler’s arrest, Troopers located drug paraphernalia, 886 oxycodone pills, and a large amount of marijuana.
Butler was delivered to the Polk County Jail, charged with fleeing & eluding, reckless driving, and several felony drug charges.
Good job getting the drugs off the street
I love the way Polk County law enforcement officers go after and apprehend criminals. Great job staying after this creep and getting him and his drugs off the street. Only 20 years old and already truly a danger to society. His parents must be proud!!
Great job , Guys MERRY CHRISTMA…HAVE SAVE HOLIDAYS.
Not a very good way to spend the Christmas holidays. I’ll bet he won’t get turkey and dressing.