Traffic stop turns into fugitive’s chase, kidnapping victim’s rescue in Miami-Dade, records show

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – A 38-year-old home unit fishy with a agelong apprehension grounds faced charges Monday aft a pursuit involving Miami-Dade County Sheriff’s Office deputies and Florida Highway Patrol troopers.

Court records amusement immoderate of Luis Ciuro’s ineligible occupation was related to his enactment towing cars. On Saturday, helium was accused of driving a achromatic Ford F-250 with “red and amber flashing lights” utilized arsenic a tow truck.

A trooper reported Ciuro, a convicted felon who was calved successful Rio Piedra, Puerto Rico, was towing a achromatic Ford Mustang on Krome Avenue and Southwest 224 Street, truthful helium made a U-turn and attempted to halt him.

“The fishy noticed that I turned astir and attempted to fell from maine ... pulled into a clasp driveway,” the trooper wrote, according to the report.

Ciuro, who was successful situation for cocaine trafficking successful Broward County, parked the F-250 and got out, leaving a large pistillate successful the beforehand rider seat, records show.

When the FHP trooper confronted him, helium said helium “was not driving,” and “took disconnected moving ... crossed aggregate businesses, jumping fences” and prompted a hunt successful the area, according to the trooper.

Records amusement the hunt for Ciuro besides included deputies successful a chopper and deputized dogs. A husbandman called 911 aft uncovering the fugitive drinking a stolen beer, westbound of Krome Avenue, adjacent 216 Street.

During the search, a Miami-Dade lawman reported learning that Ciuro had kidnapped the rider successful the motortruck and she was a home unit unfortunate who a justice had ordered him to enactment distant from.

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue unit responded aft the crying woman, who had bruises connected her arms, told the lawman that she was successful symptom and afraid, records show. FHP troopers questioned Ciuro and correctional deputies booked him connected Saturday night.

Ciuro faced charges of fleeing and eluding police, attempted kidnapping, usurpation of a home unit injunction, and resisting arrest.

Ciuro had 3 warrant cases for charges including aggravated artillery of a large victim, cause and weapons, recognition theft, and driving with a suspended license.

Detectives asked anyone with accusation astir this oregon different cases to telephone Miami-Dade County Crime Stoppers astatine 305-471-8477.

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