What started as a simple tag-light violation in Ocklawaha turned into a late-night chase Thursday when a black Chevy Camaro decided it had better places to be.
Deputy Trent Adams tried pulling the car over on SE Highway 464C just after 10:30 p.m., but the driver kept rolling south through Ocklawaha even after the lights and siren lit up the road. The brief pursuit ended when the deputy tapped the Camaro into a controlled stop.
Deputies say the driver, Jeremy Killmon, 31, of Ocala, didn’t just have a broken tag light—he had a suspended license, no insurance, and a backpack with marijuana and a key-fob container filled with a crystal-like substance that field-tested positive for meth. A later check of his jeans pockets turned up cigarette cartons containing even more suspected meth.
According to the affidavit, Killmon told deputies he ran because he thought his license was in trouble.
Killmon was arrested on charges including fleeing and eluding, possession of methamphetamine, possession of marijuana, paraphernalia, driving while license suspended (second offense), and lack of insurance.
A quiet stretch of Ocklawaha’s 464C briefly turned into a chase route before the Camaro’s night out came to an abrupt end.
