{"id":40473,"date":"2023-12-23T15:21:58","date_gmt":"2023-12-23T20:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=40473"},"modified":"2023-12-23T15:22:14","modified_gmt":"2023-12-23T20:22:14","slug":"polk-county-pursuit-over-130-mph-drug-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2023\/12\/23\/polk-county-pursuit-over-130-mph-drug-arrest\/","title":{"rendered":"Polk County Pursuit over 130 MPH &#038; Drug Arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Troopers attempted to conduct a traffic stop, but the vehicle increased its speed and fled from the Troopers with its lights turned off.\u00a0 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.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The vehicle\u2019s tires eventually disintegrated and with the vehicle now disabled, the suspect stopped at East Lake Avenue and North 34th&nbsp;Street.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The suspect, John Dylan Butler, 20, of Apollo Beach, Florida then surrendered without incident.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"667\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Pursuit-Drug-Arrest-12-22-2023-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C667&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Pursuit-Drug-Arrest-12-22-2023-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C667&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Pursuit-Drug-Arrest-12-22-2023-1-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C195&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Pursuit-Drug-Arrest-12-22-2023-1-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C500&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Pursuit-Drug-Arrest-12-22-2023-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1001&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Pursuit-Drug-Arrest-12-22-2023-1-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1334&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Pursuit-Drug-Arrest-12-22-2023-1-scaled.jpg?w=2220&amp;ssl=1 2220w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following Butler\u2019s arrest, Troopers located drug paraphernalia, 886 oxycodone pills, and a large amount of marijuana.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Butler was delivered to the Polk County Jail, charged with fleeing &amp; 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