Fugitive captured after fleeing police in a stolen vehicle

A New Jersey fugitive and a Pennsylvania man police say carjacked a victim in Jacksonville, were taken into custody this morning after being spotted driving the stolen vehicle on I-95 in St Johns County, according to a report received by Historic City News.

Deputy Joey Romer spotted the stolen vehicle traveling south on I-95 shortly before 4:00 a.m. this morning and gave pursuit; as the driver, 26-year-old Cory A Bellamy, exited the highway — traveling westbound on SR-16. Romer and Deputy Charles Simpkiss twice attempted to use a “pit maneuver” to stop the fleeing vehicle before forcing it to come to a stop at Toms Road. The deputies sustained minor injuries.

Bellamy and the passenger, 25-year-old Matthew J Lofton, refused to get out of the locked vehicle. Deputies broke a window on the stolen car and removed the pair at gunpoint. No shots were fired.

Jacksonville Police officers accompanied the victims of the carjacking to the scene. A positive identification was made and the two men were taken into custody and transported to the St Johns County Detention Facility at the Neil J Perry Criminal Justice Complex.

Bellamy, whose last known address is 305 Cleveland Avenue in Trenton, New Jersey, is being held, without bond, because of an outstanding New Jersey warrant for aggravated arson. He has been charged with first-degree felony robbery, locally.

Lofton, whose last known address is 315 S Broad Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is being held on charges including; fleeing or attempting to elude police, a first-degree felony, aggravated battery, a first-degree felony, and first-degree felony robbery. His bonds total $125,000.