By: wfla.com
PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) – A Tampa man faces multiple charges after authorities say he led them on a 3-county chase in a U-Haul truck.
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office issued a BOLO for Jeffrey Hugh Thompson, 55, of Tampa, after he took off when deputies tried to pull him over. Deputies said Thompson had five felony warrants for his arrest and had threatened suicide by law enforcement if they encountered him.
Around 2:30 a.m. on Monday, a Florida Highway Patrol trooper spotted the truck, a 2014 GMC U-Haul, and followed as it was traveling northbound on I-75 at mile marker 267 in Hillsborough County.