LPR hit - K-9 apprehension 2/5/2020

Late last night, a License Plate Reader notified us of a stolen vehicle on I-4. Lake Helen police spotted the vehicle fleeing at high speeds onto S.R. 44 in the DeLand area. Air One arrived overhead and observed the vehicle crash into a pole. The occupants fled into the woods. The driver, 19-year-old Nicholas Hiatt of DeLeon Springs, was apprehended by Deputy Matusick and K-9 Quper while trying to hide underneath a horse trailer. At the scene of the crashed vehicle, deputies recovered a Ruger 10/22 rifle and 11 rounds on the ground next to the driver's door. In the glove box, deputies found a loaded Walther PK300 .380 caliber handgun. Hiatt, who is very familiar to law enforcement in Volusia County, had an open warrant for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. He was also charged with grand theft auto, armed trespassing, new charges of possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon, resisting arrest without violence and driving with a suspended license. Fire Rescue responded to treat Hiatt's injuries from the K-9 apprehension, and he was taken to the Volusia County Branch Jail where he remains held without bond. Passenger Limuel Yarn III, 19, of DeLand, was arrested in the woods without incident. He was charged with armed trespassing, possession of a weapon and ammunition by a delinquent and resisting arrest without violence. He was taken to the jail and remains in custody on $30,500 bond.