Michael Shane Johnson
TAMPA — A man was arrested early Sunday after leading police on a chase that ended with him scaling a barbed-wire fence surrounding Tampa International Airport, authorities said.
Officers tried about 1 a.m. to stop a car driven by Michael S. Johnson, 27, of Tampa near 4400 W Tampa Bay Blvd. according to an arrest report. Johnson accelerated, sparking a chase.
He crashed into a patrol car before hitting a fence, police said. He bailed out and climbed the fence, lined with barbed wire.
Officers continued to chase him onto the airport property, police said. He was booked into the Hillsborough County Jail on $19,750 bail, facing charges of aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer, fleeing and attempting to elude a law enforcement officer, driving while license revoked, reckless driving and trespassing.
Tampa man smashes into police car trying to escape officers
TAMPA -- A Tampa man crashed into a police cruiser and hopped a barbed-wire fence onto airport property while trying to escape police this morning, according to an arrest report.
Shortly after 1 a.m., Tampa police officers tried to pull over Michael Shane Johnson, 27, in the 4400 block of Tampa Bay Boulevard, but he sped off, according to the report. Officers tried to block his car, but Johnson hit the accelerator and crashed into the marked patrol car.
Johnson, of 2829 W. Leroy St., Apt. A, ran away and hopped a barbed-wire fence onto airport property, the report states. But officers soon caught up with him.
He was arrested on charges of aggravated battery on a law-enforcement officer, fleeing to elude police, trespassing and driving with a revoked license.
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