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Cantonment Man Charged For Fleeing Traffic Stop Before Causing Wreck
January 30, 2020
A Cantonment man is facing several charges after allegedly refusing to stop his vehicle for deputies before causing a wreck Tuesday evening.
Kendrick Lamar Gross, 20, was charged with fleeing and eluding, resisting arrest, possession of a controlled substance (Oxycontin) without a prescription, destroying evidence and operating a motor vehicle without a license. According to the ECSO, Gross attempted to hide narcotics in the woodline next to his wrecked car (pictured below).
Gross was released from the Escambia County Jail Wednesday night on a $17,000 bond.
A deputy attempted to conduct a traffic stop on a sedan driven by Gross, but he fled, according to the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office. The deputy did not directly pursue the vehicle but did locate the crash a short time later.
Four people including two minors in the SUV were injured, along with a passenger in the car. All five were transported by Escambia County EMS to the hospital with injuries that were not considered to be life threatening.
The Florida Highway Patrol has not released further details on the traffic crash.
NorthEscambia.com photos by Kristi Barbour, click to enlarge.
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5 Responses to “Cantonment Man Charged For Fleeing Traffic Stop Before Causing Wreck”
I was right behind the car that got hit. I can’t believe he was bonded out. Seeing them pull a little kid out of the car was horrible, and I was sure that the people in front didn’t make it. Thank goodness they did. This guy was flying. But I think the worst part was when a mob gathered just minutes after the accident and were screaming, cursing, and threatening the cops.
Do ya think he’s going to return to the court house knowing
what his punishment will be? Oh thats right,, just a slap on
the hand and told not to do it again.
They need to leave him in jail for being stupid. His stupidity almost got someone killed.
Should send him away for about 30 years, but will slap his wrist.
He RAN from deputies….FLEEING, ELUDING, RESISTING ARREST….and more……..injured innocent people with no regard for human life, and could have easily killed them….With these facts, a judge (term used lightly) RELEASED HIM ON BOND!!! Am I missing something?? How can a criminal, (he certainly isn’t innocent until proven guilty now is he??)…..be released from FLEEING, ELUDING, RESISTING ARREST without the thought that the courts will never see him again or until he does it again, with possible fatal outcome?? What is happening in our justice system that allows folks to be bonded out on such serious charges!!