UCFPD Stun, Arrest Man Who Attempted to Flee | Vehicle Crashed on Research Parkway

The University of Central Florida Police Department arrested a man on several charges, including an attempt to flee an officer, early Sunday morning after he led them on a short chase in his vehicle and on foot, according to a police report.

The reports states that Euripides Plana, 45, was driving erratically on Alafaya Trail and running red lights in the process. As an officer attempted to perform a traffic stop, the man got out of his vehicle at the Circle K gas station on Alafaya Trail, leaving the car in reverse, the report says. It then states that before the car rolled into the police cruiser, Plana jumped back in and fled, at which time the officer stopped his pursuit.

After crashing his vehicle on Research Parkway shortly after, Plana attempted to flee from police on foot, at which time an officer shocked him with a stun gun in an attempt to subdue him, the police report says. Plana then placed a small white object into his mouth and swallowed it before police eventually secured him.

Plana was charged with reckless driving, expired drivers license, attempt to flee/alude an officer with lights and sirens activated, resisting an officer without violence, destruction of evidence and an out-of-county warrant.