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Suspects first name has been spelled as Mathew or Matthew, middle name has been spelled Scot or Scott. Has records in a number of counties in FL.
WAUCHULA, Fla. (WFLA) — A man with ties to a dead Lyft driver has been extradited to Florida to face a murder charge for a separate incident.
Mathew Scot Flores, 36, was booked into the Hardee County Jail on Tuesday afternoon, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE).
Flores went on the run in January after he was accused of fatally shooting Jose Carlos Martinez, 43, in Wauchula. He was captured over a week later when he lead police on an alleged chase across North Carolina in a car that belonged to a missing south Florida Lyft driver.
Flores was charged with first degree murder, grand theft, tampering with physical evidence, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon in the Wauchula shooting.
A Florida woman accused of helping Flores evade police, Stephanie Velgara, 31, was charged as an accessory after the fact.
Wauchula murder suspect with ties to dead Lyft driver extradited to Florida
A man with ties to a dead Lyft driver has been extradited to Florida to face a murder charge for a separate incident.
www.wfla.com
WAUCHULA, Fla. (WFLA) — A man with ties to a dead Lyft driver has been extradited to Florida to face a murder charge for a separate incident.
Mathew Scot Flores, 36, was booked into the Hardee County Jail on Tuesday afternoon, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE).
Flores went on the run in January after he was accused of fatally shooting Jose Carlos Martinez, 43, in Wauchula. He was captured over a week later when he lead police on an alleged chase across North Carolina in a car that belonged to a missing south Florida Lyft driver.
Flores was charged with first degree murder, grand theft, tampering with physical evidence, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon in the Wauchula shooting.
A Florida woman accused of helping Flores evade police, Stephanie Velgara, 31, was charged as an accessory after the fact.
