Miami police chase and K-9 successful

CBSMiami

2April 2016

MIAMI (CBSMiami) — A 34-year-old man accused of several crimes has been officially booked at a Miami-Dade jail on Saturday. Charges include aggravated battery on an officer for Keith Antonio Michel — and that’s just the beginning. It started when Lauderhill Police put out an alert for Michel after they said he stabbed his girlfriend multiple times the night before. When Miami Police spotted him in a red Mercury and attempted to pull him over near N.W. 7th Avenue and 13th Street, they said he stepped on the gas and fled. At one point, he stopped abruptly and tried to run over an officer, forcing him to fire his weapon. But Michel then took off again. “During the course of that pursuit two Miami police officers discharged their firearms,” said Chief Rodolfo Llanes. A caravan of police cruisers chased the car as it weaved through traffic and nearly clipped several cars. The chase finally ended violently behind a restaurant at the corner of N.W. 11th Avenue and 119th Street. More than a dozen officers surrounded the car with their guns drawn. The suspect then put the car in reverse and almost pinned an officer and his K-9 while backing up. Only then were police finally able to pull the guy out of the car. “This was a vicious attack and we’re very thankful that this violent individual s off the streets,” said Lt. Greg Solowsky of the Lauderhill Police Dept. “You saw what he did when the police officers tried to stop him. So based on his actions from yesterday and today I’d say he’s extremely dangerous.” Michel has a criminal history dating back to at least 2005, going to prison for crimes ranging from grand theft to battery of an officer. His girlfriend is in critical condition but thankful after learning he was caught. “She’s extremely grateful the Dade County professionals took this violent person off the streets and very happy with the outcome,” said Lt. Solowsky.