Overview
- Miguel Molina picked up a fare in Pompano Beach bound for Jacksonville on March 4 and stopped at a Marathon station in West Palm Beach to refuel.
- Surveillance video and a police affidavit describe the passenger moving to the driver’s seat while Molina was inside and driving off in the 2017 Honda CR‑V.
- Molina and his stepson, Raymond Pagan, followed for about two miles while on 911, and the stolen SUV crashed at Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard and Tamarind Avenue.
- The suspect fled on foot and was tackled by Pagan in a nearby parking lot before West Palm Beach police arrested him.
- Declan Patrick Murphy faces a grand theft motor vehicle charge with reported damage over $1,000 and is listed in jail on a reported $10,000 bond, while Molina reports injuries and has launched a GoFundMe after losing his only work vehicle.