Fleeing suspect crashes, caught by K-9

On Friday afternoon in DeLeon Springs, deputies stopped a Lake County fugitive with a warrant for aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. The suspect, Randolph Brown (DOB 11/9/1985) also had charges for fleeing from VSO deputies in the past. Brown rammed two patrol vehicles and fled from the traffic stop, driving into oncoming traffic multiple times and ultimately crashing in DeLand, where he was taken into custody with the help of K-9 Red. Two innocent drivers who were hit by Brown's vehicle were OK but reported neck pain from the crash. In Brown's vehicle, deputies found a loaded firearm and a backpack containing various drugs. In addition to his no-bond warrant, Brown was arrested on charges including aggravated fleeing, battery on LEO, 2 counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon on LEO, battery on a law enforcement K-9, resisting arrest with violence, resisting without violence, 2 counts of hit and run with injuries, armed trafficking in Oxycodone, possession of MDMA, Xanax, other prescription drugs and marijuana with intent to sell, possession of suboxone, and habitually driving with a suspended license.