Stolen Port St. Lucie car smashes into Pensacola playhouse during wild pursuit
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Pensacola, FL - A high-speed chase ended in a backyard crash in Pensacola after deputies spotted a car reported stolen out of Port St. Lucie.
According to deputies with the Escambia County Sheriff's Office, the pursuit began Thursday when a license plate reader alerted deputies to a stolen white Nissan Versa traveling along Olive Road. When a deputy attempted a traffic stop, the driver refused to pull over, sparking a chase that moved onto Burgess Road.
Deputies say that they attempted a PIT maneuver, but the driver continued onto Born Drive, which, luckily for them, is a dead-end street.
The suspect's vehicle eventually barreled through the backyard of a home, striking a playhouse along the way before coming to a stop before the woodline.
Both the driver, 29-year-old Michael Andre Peavy Jr., and the passenger, 22-year-old Lilian McDaniel, were taken into custody, per ECSO.
After the arrest, deputies searched the stolen Nissan and found a loaded handgun — also stolen out of Port St. Lucie — and a glass pipe that tested positive for methamphetamine.
Peavy, who was already a convicted felon, now faces counts of fleeing and eluding, grand theft of a motor vehicle, grand theft of a firearm, two counts of possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, and felony criminal mischief.
McDaniel also faces felony counts of possession of drug paraphernalia and two counts of possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon.