BSO deputy arrested after Miramar traffic stop, apartment standoff

A Broward Sheriff’s Office detention deputy was arrested after Miramar police said he fled a traffic stop, ran from officers on foot more than once and barricaded himself inside his apartment.

The man was identified as Pyram Gounot, 54, of Miramar. He was booked on two misdemeanor counts of resisting an officer without violence under Florida Statute 843.02.

The stop began around 11:45 p.m. Sunday, June 21, in the 12000 block of Saint Andrews Place, after officers tried to pull Gounot over for speeding. Police said he fled on foot multiple times before retreating to his apartment, where he refused to come out and then barricaded himself inside.

Officers did not initially know Gounot worked for Broward Sheriff’s Office until his daughter told them at the scene. BSO later placed him on leave. Gounot is described in reporting as a detention deputy with the Broward County Sheriff’s Office Department of Detention.

The arrest comes as BSO detention staff face renewed scrutiny in Broward County after other high-profile arrests and suspensions inside the agency. For residents in Miramar and across Broward, the case turns a routine traffic stop into another public test of whether the sheriff’s office can police its own ranks with the same firmness expected on the street.