GAINESVILLE, Fla. – A high-speed chase stretching across several counties ended with the arrest of four men in Gainesville Wednesday, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
Law enforcement officers began pursuing a silver Chevrolet Malibu in Jefferson County after a report of an armed abduction. That's when a busy highway quickly turned into a dangerous police-chase.
According to FHP, troopers got involved near the Suwannee County-Columbia County line and continued the chase down Interstate 75 into Gainesville, with the Malibu hitting speeds close to 120 mph on the way.
"It was a serious offense coming out of Jefferson County. That's what we went with," said FHP Lt. Pat Riordan.
Troopers were told money was being thrown out of the car during the chase.
"Counterfeit money was being thrown from the vehicle as it was being pursued in Jefferson and Madison counties," Riordan said.
At one point, the car got off the interstate and went down a few busy Gainesville roads before getting back on I-75, and soon afterward the pursuit came to an end.
The Alachua County Sheriff's Office stopped the Malibu about 11:30 a.m. Wednesday just south of mile marker 382 in Gainesville, where deputies had dropped stop sticks that deflated at least two of the tires on car.
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No one was injured, troopers said.
"It was a great day for law enforcement and the public at large that we had nobody else get involved," Riordan said. "Just really fortunate."
The four men in the car were arrested and then booked into the Alachua County Jail Wednesday, troopers said.
Investigators later identified the men as 29-year-old Antwan Belin, 31-year-old Lovy House, 24-year-old Mark Rivera and 30-year-old Marvie Alford.
Initially, FHP said, the following charges will be filed: Violation of probation, three felony warrants, giving false information and fraud.
"These people had some extensive criminal histories. I'm talking in the neighborhood of 20 to 30 felony charges in the past. So these people really did need to be taken off the road," Riordan said.
Eventually, they will be transferred back to Jefferson County.