PANAMA CITY -- Police are asking for public assistance to find a Panama City man who abandoned his moving car after an attempted traffic stop, officials said Tuesday.
Officers attempted to conduct a traffic stop for an equipment violation in the 1700 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard on 35-year-old Normando Ramon Brown’s car. Brown fled from police and after a short chase, exited the still moving vehicle in the 1700 block of Louisiana Avenue and then fled the area on foot, police said.
The vehicle came to rest without incident and the passenger of the vehicle was unharmed. Brown was positively identified as the driver in this incident, and police are obtaining warrants for felony driving while license suspended or revoked and resisting an officer without violence.
Brown was previously wanted on charges for felony driving while license suspended or revoked and failure to appear out of the Bay County Sheriff’s Office.
If anyone has information on the whereabouts of Brown, they are encouraged to contact the Panama City Police Department at 850-872-3100, or they can report their tips anonymously to CrimeStoppers at 850-785-TIPS.