Stolen truck chase from Miramar ends with suspect caught in lake

A stolen Toyota Tacoma chase from Miramar ended in a lake behind Holly Road after 24-year-old Jayden Aransevia tried to outrun police across Broward and Miami-Dade counties.

The pursuit started at about 6:20 p.m. Tuesday, June 24, when a Miramar officer reported the truck at Northwest 33 Avenue and 207 Street. Aransevia was speeding in the stolen vehicle and was driving with a suspended license, setting off a response that pulled in officers from Miramar, Miami Gardens and Miami Lakes, along with Broward and Miami-Dade deputies and Florida Highway Patrol troopers.

From there, the chase moved quickly across county lines. Aransevia drove the wrong way, jumped a median and got onto the Palmetto Expressway before exiting at Miami Lakes Drive after driving over an embankment. He then reversed into a Miami Gardens police patrol car and kept running. He jumped out of the truck, climbed a wall and ran to a lake behind 6926 Holly Road.

Aransevia entered the water, got out and continued eastbound through the residential area. A Miami Lakes officer deployed a Taser near 6930 Holly Road, and Aransevia fell back into the lake before officers detained him. Fire rescue took him to Palmetto General Hospital in Hialeah before he was booked shortly before 2 a.m. Wednesday, June 25, at Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center in Miami-Dade County.

Aransevia’s listed charges included grand theft auto, fleeing and eluding police, two counts of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon on a law enforcement officer or firefighter, and resisting an officer without violence. Court and inmate records also listed cases for knowingly driving with a suspended license and reckless driving, along with a hold for another law enforcement agency.