Crime & Safety

FL Motorcyclist Led Troopers On U.S. 301 Chase, Ran Into Woods

Investigators are looking for a motorcyclist who led a FL trooper on a chase in Hernando County before running into the woods.

Investigators are looking for a motorcyclist who led a FL trooper on a chase in Hernando County before running into the woods. His abandoned motorcyle is pictured.
Investigators are looking for a motorcyclist who led a FL trooper on a chase in Hernando County before running into the woods. His abandoned motorcyle is pictured. (Courtesy of Florida Highway Patrol)

HERNANDO COUNTY, FL β€” Investigators are looking for a motorcyclist who led a state trooper on a chase Saturday morning in Hernando County before running into the woods, the Florida Highway Patrol said in a news release.

The motorcyclist, later identified as 51-year-old Stanley Winston Duket of Webster, was seen speeding and illegally passing other traffic on U.S. 301 near Ranchette Boulevard around 7:20 a.m.

When a trooper tried to pull him over, Duket rode off, eventually abandoning the motorcycle at a warehouse on Tremain Boulevard, FHP said.

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He ran into nearby woods and troopers, with help from deputies from Hernando and Sumter counties, weren’t able to find him.

Anyone with information about Duket’s whereabouts is asked to contact *FHP or Crime Stoppers at **TIPS.

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