BSO deputy accused of fleeing traffic stop, resisting arrest in Miramar

MIRAMAR, Fla. — A Broward Sheriff’s Office detention deputy was arrested earlier this week after Miramar police said he fled from officers during a traffic stop and later barricaded himself inside his apartment.

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According to an arrest report, the suspect was identified as Pyram Gounot, 54, of Miramar.

Jail records show he is facing two counts of resisting an officer without violence and is no longer in custody.

Police said the incident began around 11:45 p.m. Sunday near the 12000 block of Saint Andrews Place, where an officer observed Gounot driving a Toyota pickup truck at a “high rate of speed” and initiated a traffic stop.

Investigators said Gounot exited the vehicle and ran from the officer on foot. They said he allegedly ran up a flight of stairs to the front door of his second-floor apartment.

According to the report, after the officer ordered him to return downstairs to his vehicle, Gounot again fled, running up a different stairwell.

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While pursuing him, the officer fell while turning a corner, struck a concrete wall and suffered a cut to his head that required medical treatment, the report states.

Police said Gounot then entered his apartment and refused to come outside.

They said Gounot’s daughter came out of a bedroom at the home and informed officers that her father is a BSO deputy.

BSO’s Public Corruption Unit was contacted and assisted with surveillance of Gounot, according to the report.

Authorities said that later Monday morning, a woman drove him to the BSO Public Safety Complex in Fort Lauderdale, where he was taken into custody without incident.

Police said Gounot declined to be interviewed.

A BSO spokesperson told Local 10 News that Gounot has served as a detention deputy with the agency since March 11, 2002. Following his arrest, he was placed on administrative investigative leave with pay, the spokesperson confirmed.

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