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Port Everglades Crash Suspect In Court

MIAMI (CBSMiami) --  Broward Sheriff's Deputies arrested Lawton Cohen, 52, Thursday after witnesses said he crashed a car through a Port Everglades checkpoint.

According to deputies, Cohen decided not to stop at the checkpoint and drove straight through.

In the process the car also hit a BSO unit. The deputy in the unit was taken to the hospital as a precaution.

Cohen was charged with assault with a deadly weapon, fleeing police, possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia.

Jail documents list Cohen's bond at a little more than $90,000.00 for all of the charges.  

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