BiJaun Wayne Edwards

On Sunday, March 31, Florida State Troopers responded to a BOLO (Be On the Look Out) for a black BMW, near Lake Trafford Road and Summer Glen, Collier County. The black BMW was known to have recklessly fled from State Troopers and other agencies over the past few months.

According to an FHP report issued late Sunday, State Troopers located the BMW near the Collier / Lee County Line, attempted to stop it, but once again the BMW fled the stop.

State Troopers pursued the BMW, which eventually crashed into a pickup truck located in the 7-Eleven gas station, at State Road 82 and Blackstone Drive, Lee County.

The FHP report states the driver of the BMW, identified as

Inside the BMW, troopers located approximately 40 Oxycodone pills, several pounds of marijuana, a Glock firearm and thousands of dollars in cash.

The report states that Edwards was placed under arrest and charged with aggravated fleeing, reckless driving, hit and run with property damage, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, probation violation, possession of marijuana over 20 grams, possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and resisting without violence and booked into the Lee County Jail.

Items found in the suspect's vehicle. PHOTO PROVIDED BY FHP