PANAMA CITY — An Indiana man arrested during Spring Break for attempting to outrun officers after hitting a deputy and almost running over several other officers was sentenced Thursday to about a year in jail, thousands of dollars in restitution and must write apology letters.
Braeshawn Kendrick Boyd, a 19-year-old from New Albany, Ind., was sentenced to serve 360 days in jail and repay $11,321 in damages from a March police pursuit that ended in the hospitalization of two law officers.
A uniformed deputy witnessed what he suspected was a drug deal between someone in a red 1995 Honda Civic and a pedestrian in the Spinnaker Beach Club parking lot at 8795 Thomas Drive. Boyd then sped off, struck the deputy and caused him to roll up and off the car’s hood.
Deputies began pursuing Boyd as the car headed east on Thomas Drive without its headlights on. Boyd’s vehicle continued until it ran over a concrete curb, bursting the rear tire and causing Boyd to lose control of the car, FHP reported.
The car careened to a halt on the north side of Thomas Drive, where deputies tried to block the car from escaping. However, Boyd was able to crank the car and accelerate around one BCSO vehicle, then crash into two other BCSO vehicles.
BCSO patrol vehicles sustained about $3,500 in damage and two deputies underwent medical treatment.
Boyd also was ordered to write individual apology letters to the officers involved.