NORTH MIAMI BEACH, FLA. (WSVN) - A man who stole a Miami-Dade Fire Rescue truck and led police officers on a chaotic chase appeared in front of a judge.
On Friday morning, 31-year-old Lekambrick Aljenard Hanna was in court after, police said, the crime he committed was a “prime picking” for the suspect as the fire truck he took was being used in a training exercise by MDFR Fire Station 32.
A cellphone video from Only In Dade captured part of the pursuit. Officials said it started in Opa-Locka after the suspect hit an unoccupied police cruiser.
From there, authorities with multiple agencies, including Florida Highway Patrol deputies, pursued Hanna across three counties.
Hanna faced a judge in the Palm Beach County bond court, where he appeared to have an attitude.
“The facts make this extremely egregious,” said the judge. “He was driving through three counties in an extremely large vehicle.”
According to Miami-Dade Police, Hanna jumped into the fire truck, which was being used as part of an MDFR training exercise in North Miami Beach, at around 7 p.m. on Thursday.
Cellphone video captured the truck stopped in North Miami-Dade.
The suspect then hopped onto I-95 and headed north into Broward County. He later took the Florida Turnpike into Palm Beach County.
The pursuit ended in unincorporated Palm Beach County on the Florida Turnpike, near Boynton Beach.
After the judge spoke, Hanna raised his hand to announce that he was authorized to drive a car of that size.
“I got CDLs, if that counts,” he said, referring to commercial driver’s licenses.
When the judge said his bond was set at $25,000, Hanna was in disbelief. He’ll need 10% of that to go home.
“OK, I have a question. Where do you expect me to get $2,500 from?'” he said.
“I don’t know,” replied the judge.
“You don’t care, or you don’t know?” retorted Hanna.
“I said I don’t know,” replied the judge.
The suspect now faces one charge of theft of emergency medical equipment.
Family members told 7News that Hanna suffers from mental illness, and they’ve been trying to get him help. They said they are truly sorry for what happened.
The stolen truck has since been returned to Fire Station 32.
As of Friday night, Hanna remained behind bars.
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