A police chase that started in Miami Beach for 2 armed carjacking suspects ends in Kendall
A police chase that began early Monday in Miami Beach ended more than 20 miles away near a gated Kendall community after police say they spotted two men wanted for an armed carjacking in Homestead.
A license-plate reader alerted officers to the stolen 2005 red Cherokee Jeep that had just entered Miami Beach shortly after 4 a.m., according to Miami Beach police. The Jeep had been stolen in Homestead during an armed carjacking Sunday, according to police.
Officers tried to stop the Jeep near Fifth Street and Washington Avenue when driver Kent Bowes, 28, of Miami and passenger Leandre Snow, 21, of Homestead took off. Miami Beach police then gave chase and followed the Jeep, which at one point officers say was speeding at more than 90 mph, over the MacArthur Causeway into Miami. Miami-Dade police then took over the pursuit.
More than a dozen Miami-Dade police cruisers followed the suspects until the Jeep stopped along Kendall Drive and Southwest 112th Place, in front of a gated community.
Bowes and Snow then ditched the Jeep and jumped the gate into the community, according to an arrest report. One of Snow’s shoes fell and was found by police next to the gate.
Officers then set up a perimeter around the area, shutting down all but one lane of eastbound traffic on Kendall Drive as they searched for the two men with the help of Miami Beach’s K-9 units and helicopters.
Bowes and Snow, who was missing one shoe, were eventually found and arrested 15 minutes later.
Both have been charged with trespassing an unoccupied structure or conveyance. Bowes is also charged with fleeing police and driving without a valid license and is being held on more than $8,000 bond. Snow is facing charges relating to two 2019 probation warrants that include grand theft in the third degree, fleeing police, assault, and resisting officer without violence to his person.
This story was originally published January 27, 2020 at 7:12 AM.
