Police: Apopka boy, 14, leads officers on chase after armed home invasion

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — A 14-year-old Apopka boy lead police on chase late Monday while fleeing an armed home invasion, the Ocoee Police Department said.

Police were called at about 9:30 p.m. to the Pioneer Key II neighborhood after Boris Vasquez reported that three armed intruders had entered his home, Ocoee police Sgt. Mireya Iannuzzi said.

"Officers in the area quickly responded to the scene and noticed a vehicle matching the description of a vehicle stolen in the home invasion," Iannuzzi said. "This vehicle was leaving the scene and being driven at a high rate of speed."

Police said they tried to stop the driver, but he drove away.

The driver crashed the stolen car into at least two vehicles at House of Cars, a used car dealership on Edgewater Drive near Forest City Road in Orange County's Fairview Shores neighborhood, Iannuzzi said.

Vasquez said he's lived in the home for about 12 years and was home with family, including two children. 
"They pointed the gun at me. Right here, (at) my chest. They were asking for money," he said. "I was going to fight back, but when I saw the guns, I was scared."

Investigators said items stolen from the home were discovered in the crashed car.

Police said Orange County deputies arrested Derek Dison.

He was booked into the Orange County Juvenile Detention Center on charges of fleeing and eluding, resisting an officer without violence, aggravated assault with a firearm, grand theft, grand theft of a motor vehicle, home invasion robbery with a firearm.

Police said two people remain at large.

"Ocoee police Officers are permitted to pursue a fleeing vehicle if it is believed it has been involved in a forcible felony, such as an armed robbery," Iannuzzi said. "Ocoee police officers are also permitted to pursue outside the city limits so long as the officer initiated the pursuit inside the jurisdiction of the Ocoee Police Department and in accordance with the guidelines established in our policy."

A white Honda Civic was towed from the dealership.

No one was injured.

The incident remains under investigation.

No other details were given.

Anyone with information about the case is asked to call Ocoee police at 407-905-3161 or Crimeline at 800-423-8477.

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