Devin Ramoe Stokes
A theft suspect trying to flee from an Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Deputy collided with a mailbox in Mary Esther, ripping off his car’s entire rear bumper with the license tag still attached.
Deputies were able to identify, and then locate the suspect, 20-year old Devin Ramoe Stokes of Augusta Georgia. Stokes has been charged with theft and fleeing/attempting to elude. It started around 9 p.m. Wednesday night when the OCSO responded to Santa Rosa Mall in reference to a theft. The deputy was told two men had taken a $300 purse from Dillards and left in a black sedan towards Mary Esther Boulevard. The deputy spotted a black sedan driving at a high rate of speed and attempted to pull over the driver. The driver sped off, leading the deputy on a short car chase. The deputy however ended the pursuit due to the suspect’s erratic driving. The driver went on to hit several mail boxes on Bryn Mawr Boulevard, ripping off the car’s rear bumper with the tag still attached.
The driver, identified as Stokes, was later located. The passenger in the car, 19-year old Payne Gooden of Augusta Georgia, provided a sworn statement that Stokes was the driver and the shoplifter. Stokes later said he was sorry and admitting he’d practiced what he would do if stopped because he knew he did not have a license.
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