Woman taken on chase when first date decides to flee traffic stop, Flagler deputies say

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HELP FINDING THAT MAN. >> FLAGLER COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE. ANYBODY ELSE IN THE CAR, COME OUT WITH YOUR HANDS UP. DO IT NOW. CLAIRE: FLAGLER COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES USED STOP STICKS TO DISABLE A VEHICLE THAT FLED A TRAFFIC STOP IN PALM COAST ABOUT 2:00 A.M. THURSDAY, ONLY TO LEARN THE DRIVER BAILED OUT INTO SOME WOODS, LEAVING THE PASSENGER, A WOMAN, TO FACE THE CONSEQUENCES. WE ARE NOT IDENTIFYING HER BECAUSE SHE’S NOT CHARGED WITH A CRIME. >> HE DIDN’T SAY ANYTHING TO YOU OTHER THAN "I DON’T HAVE A LICENSE"? >> HE DON’T HAVE A LICENSE. >> AND THAT’S WHY HE TOOK OFF? >> HE WASN’T STOPPING. CLAIRE: TURNS OUT THE WOMAN HAD JUST MET THE ORLANDO AREA MAN ON A DATING WEBSITE AND STOPPED AT THIS PALM COAST DENNY’S FOR DINNER ON THE WAY TO HER HOUSE WHEN A DEPUTY TRIED TO STOP THE VEHICLE FOR A TAG VIOLATION. -- VIOLATION, THE DATE TOLD THE WOMAN HE’D GO TO JAIL, SO HE RACED OFF. >> HE WAS EXCEEDING THE SPEED LIMIT, DRIVING VERY ERRATICALLY. SHE WAS VERY SCARED IN THE VEHICLE. SHE TOLD US SHE DIDN’T REALLY KNOW HIS LAST NAME. SHE KNEW HIM BY TWO DIFFERENT FIRST NAMES. CLAIRE: LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS TELL US THE SAME WOMAN WHOSE DATE WENT SO WRONG THURSDAY WAS THE VICTIM IN A DIFFERENT INCIDENT ALSO INVOLVING A MAN LAST MONTH, AN INCIDENT THAT TURNED VIOLENT AND WAS CAUGHT ON CAMERA. IN THAT INSTANCE, A MAN THE WOMAN WAS SEEING, BUT TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM AT A BUNNELL STORE, THREW HIMSELF ON HER VEHICLE, SHATTERED HER WINDSHIELD, THEN ATTACKED HER WHEN SHE GOT OUT, POUNDING HER, KNOCKING HER UNCONSCIOUS. >> SHERIFF’S OFFICE. IF YOU’RE HERE, MAKE YOURSELF KNOWN. CLAIRE: IN THURSDAY’S INCIDENT, THE SUSPECT DIDN’T HURT THE VICTIM, BUT DISAPPEARED INTO SOME WOODS. INVESTIGATORS THINK HE WAS SUSPENDED LICENSE. >> IF HE WAS SAYING HE’S BAILING OUT FOR THAT REASON, IT WOULD LEAD US TO BELIEVE THAT MAYBE THERE’S MORE IN HIS BACKGROUND THAT HE’S HIDING. CLARIE: THE SUSPECT HAS NOT YET BEEN CAP

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A woman who went on a first date with a man ended up in a chase after he took off during a traffic stop, officials said.Flagler County sheriff's deputies used stop sticks to disable a car that fled a traffic stop in Palm Coast about 2 a.m. Thursday.Officials approached, only to discover the driver bailed out of the car into nearby woods and left the passenger to face the consequences.On body camera, the woman could be heard telling authorities that the only thing the man said was that he didn't have a license before taking off.According to authorities, the woman had just met the Orlando-area man on a dating website and stopped at a Palm Coast Denny's for dinner before heading back to her house.When a deputy tried to stop the vehicle for a tag violation, the date told the woman he'd go to jail, so instead he fled, officials said.Authorities said the man was driving erratically and over the speed limit. The woman told officials she was scared and didn't know his last name.Deputies said the same woman whose date went wrong on Thursday was the victim in a different and violent incident also involving a man last month. During that incident, a man the woman was seeing, but attempted to get away from at a Bunnell store, threw himself on her vehicle, shattered her windshield then attacked her when she got out, officials said.The woman was then knocked unconscious. In Thursday's incident, the man did not hurt the victim but disappeared into nearby woods. Investigators think he was running from more than just a suspended license and believe he could be hiding more in his criminal background.The man has not been caught.