Police say a 21-year-old was abducted from a McDonald’s; three adults and several juveniles now face charges.
POMPANO BEACH, Fla. — A kidnapping reported Thursday afternoon in Davie led to a fast-moving pursuit across Broward County that ended in Pompano Beach with multiple arrests, damaged vehicles and a sprawling crime scene, officials said Friday.
The case drew in Davie police, Fort Lauderdale police and the Broward Sheriff’s Office after a man told 911 he was forced into a vehicle outside a McDonald’s and later assaulted. By Friday, authorities said three adults were booked on kidnapping-related charges and several juveniles were also charged, while detectives sifted through video, witness accounts and cellphone data to piece together the route and roles of everyone involved. The investigation remained active into the weekend, with questions still open about what sparked the abduction and whether additional suspects could face charges.
Police said the chain of events began about 1:24 p.m. Thursday at the McDonald’s at 11200 State Road 84 in Davie. Investigators said a man’s phone was taken from his table and he was told to get into a vehicle to retrieve it. The group drove him to the 700 block of Northwest Ninth Avenue in Fort Lauderdale, where he was forced out and struck, according to an initial account released by Davie police. The victim flagged down help and called 911, triggering a regional alert. Officers tracked the suspects’ vehicle using the phone’s location data and spotted it heading north. During the pursuit on Interstate 95 near Oakland Park Boulevard, the occupants reportedly tossed cash from a window as cruisers closed in. The chase ended when a white SUV slammed into a traffic-light pole near Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Pompano Beach. Witness Ernie Richardson said he saw “money on the seats” of the SUV as officers swarmed the area.
By day’s end Thursday, six people were detained after a bailout near Northwest Third Street and Sixth Avenue in Pompano Beach, authorities at the scene said. On Friday, police said three adults — identified as Tracey Ross, 30; Lamar Perry, 18; and Timothy Brown, 18 — faced kidnapping charges tied to the Davie abduction. Additional counts listed for Ross included fleeing at high speed and resisting an officer. Perry also faced counts including possession of a firearm by a minor and grand theft of a motor vehicle, according to early booking information. Several juveniles were charged in connection with the pursuit and crash; the exact counts were not immediately released because of their ages. Paramedics evaluated at least one detained person after the crash; officials did not report life-threatening injuries. Authorities did not say how much money was recovered after reports of bills thrown during the chase.
The multi-agency response locked down several blocks around the crash site as heavily armed teams searched a nearby apartment complex. Residents recorded officers racing up stairwells and through courtyards as K-9 units swept the area. The arrest numbers shifted as the scene unfolded — three people were handcuffed almost immediately, and others were taken in later — a common pattern in fast-moving investigations where officers must separate witnesses, passengers and potential suspects. Officials said detectives are reviewing surveillance footage from the restaurant in Davie, license-plate reader hits along the route and body-camera recordings from responding officers to clarify who did what inside the SUV, and when.
Court appearances began Friday in Broward, where relatives of two suspects addressed a judge and spoke with reporters. Brown’s mother told the court she was shocked to see her son accused in the case and said he had never been in such serious trouble before. Perry’s aunt said her nephew called during the pursuit, telling her through tears that he was in a “high-speed chase,” and she urged him to stop. “I kept screaming, yelling, telling him to stop,” she said in an interview outside the courthouse. Richardson, the witness near the crash site, described the chase as something “only in the movies” and said he nearly got clipped by a patrol car as officers converged.
Records released so far outline a basic timeline: the abduction at the Davie McDonald’s just after 1:20 p.m. Thursday; an assault reported minutes later in Fort Lauderdale; the northbound run on I-95 past Oakland Park Boulevard; and the crash near Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Pompano Beach. Authorities have not publicly said whether the phone taken at the restaurant was recovered, what prompted the confrontation inside the McDonald’s, or whether any weapons seen at the scene were fired during the chase. Detectives said they are comparing the accounts of the victim, who is 21, with statements from the adults in custody and juveniles detained nearby to confirm who entered and exited the vehicle at each stop.
Prosecutors will review arrest affidavits this weekend and into early next week to determine final charges. As of Saturday, Ross faced counts including kidnapping, fleeing and resisting; Perry faced kidnapping and weapons-related counts; and Brown faced kidnapping. Initial bond hearings were held Friday, with additional hearings possible early next week as more evidence is filed. Police said any recovered cash will be logged as evidence. Investigators expect to release an updated report after interviews are completed and surveillance video is processed. Officials did not immediately provide a date for a news briefing.
The crash site remained a point of interest Friday evening as residents walked past tire marks and a bent signal pole at the corner where the SUV stopped. Neighbors said the search spilled into an adjacent complex, with officers knocking on doors. “They were all over the building,” one resident said, describing K-9 teams and officers with long guns. Another resident said a man clambered to a second-floor landing and sprinted across a breezeway before being detained. Traffic moved slowly on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard while tow trucks hauled away the damaged SUV and patrol cars with scraped bumpers.
As of Saturday morning, detectives said the investigation was open and additional charges were possible as they analyze surveillance footage and witness statements. The next milestone is the filing of formal charges and release of full arrest reports early next week.
Author note: Last updated November 15, 2025.