Who:
Pinellas County Sheriff's Office
Patrol Operations Bureau
-Major Accident Investigation Team (M.A.I.T.)

Sophia M. Hill (Injured- Arrested)
DOB: 12/07/1990
Address: 2128 Hoyle Drive, Holiday
Vehicle: Passenger- 2000 Ford Crown Victoria
Charges: False report to law enforcement &  resisting officer without violence

Kendyll M. Jacobs (Arrested)
DOB: 08/04/1994
Address: 4825 Bonton Drive, Holiday
Vehicle: Passenger- 2000 Ford Crown Victoria
Charges: Accessory after the fact & resisting officer without violence

Rosa Pena (Injured)
DOB: 09/01/1965
Address: 1731 Douglas Avenue, Dunedin
Vehicle: Driver- 2005 Nissan Murano

Two children who were passengers in the 2005 Nissan Murano suffered non-life threatening injuries. No information will be released on their identities.

Kendra L. Wiggins (Uninjured)
DOB: 09/02/1976
Address: 8120 N Marks Street, Tampa
Vehicle: Driver- 2014 Freightliner, Jolley Trolley

What:
Deputies assigned to the Major Accident Investigation Team are investigating multiple hit and run crashes that occurred after a vehicle fled from a deputy trying to conduct a traffic stop.

When:
The crash occurred at about 10:08 p.m. on November 6, 2015.

Where:
The crash occurred at the intersection of Alternate US Hwy 19 and Causeway Boulevard in Dunedin.

Why/How:
According to investigators, a deputy patrolling the Dunedin area observed a 2000 Ford Crown Victoria driving eastbound on Causeway Blvd at a high rate of speed. The deputy attempted to stop the vehicle for speeding and the Crown Victoria fled eastbound on Causeway Blvd.

The deputy did not pursue the vehicle; however, the Ford Crown Victoria continued at a high rate of speed eastbound and struck a 2005 Nissan Murano that was traveling southbound on Alternate 19. The Crown Victoria struck a second vehicle, a 2014 Freightliner, Jolly Trolley, at the same intersection and continued southbound on Alternate 19 to Palm Blvd where the vehicle was abandoned.

Responding deputies located 24-year-old Sophia Hill, and 21-year-old Kendyll Jacobs, who were nearby. Hill was identified as the registered owner of the Crown Victoria. Hill and Jacobs initially claimed that they had been carjacked prior to the crash. Through various investigative techniques, investigators were able to determine that Hiil and Jacobs were being untruthful and both of them were in fact passengers in the vehicle at the time of the crash. The driver who was known to them had fled the scene on foot.

K-9 deputies searched the area for the driver of the Crown Victoria but they were unable to locate the suspect.

The driver of the Nissan Murano and two juvenile passengers suffered non-life threatening injuries and were transported to Mease Dunedin Hospital.

The driver and the four passengers on the Jolley Trolley were all uninjured.

Sophia Hill was treated at Florida Hospital for non-life threatening injuries and was arrested for false report to law enforcement and resisting an officer without violence. Kendyll Jacobs was arrested and charged with accessory after the fact and resisting an officer without violence.

Hill and Jacobs were transported to the Pinellas County Jail.

Deputies are still searching for the driver of the Ford Crown Victoria.   

The investigation continues.


Booking photograph of Sophia Hill.


Booking photograph of Kendyll Jacobs.