A Florida man was taken into custody this week after dramatic video captured him fleeing a traffic stop, crashing into another vehicle, and then leaving a child behind as he ran from sheriff’s deputies.
According to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, deputies tried to stop 24-year-old Jason Kenon on Tuesday. Investigators said he was behind the wheel with one adult passenger and two young children, ages 1 and 4, in the vehicle.
Authorities said Kenon, who was wanted on multiple active warrants, sped off instead of stopping and wove through traffic on Orlando roads.
Deputies pursued him on the ground while a sheriff’s helicopter tracked the vehicle from above.
Video recorded from the helicopter appeared to show Kenon attempting to maneuver around a black SUV at a stop sign before slamming into the back of it.
Even after the crash, the sheriff’s office said, he kept driving.
Kenon proceeded to stop in a residential neighborhood, letting the adult passenger and the 1-year-old child out of the car.
Deputies noted that the 4-year-old child tried to get out of the vehicle but couldn’t do so before Kenon hit the gas again.
Kenon then stopped near a building, got out of the car and lifted the child out of the backseat. The child followed Kenon as he ran away from police.
Eventually, Kenon jogged through an alley, kicked his shoes off his feet and then began running barefoot in the opposite direction from the child, leaving him behind, according to the video.
Seconds later, Kenon ran directly into the road and tried to scale a fence that led into a wooded area. Two police cars had already converged, with deputies ordering him down to the ground.
Another deputy recovered the nearby child, who was crying and holding Kenon’s shoes. Neither child was injured, the sheriff’s office said.
According to court records, Kenon faces seven charges, including aggravated fleeing and eluding, two counts of child neglect, leaving the scene of a crash, reckless driving, possession of marijuana and possession of a gun during the commission of a felony.
In December 2025, Kenon was sentenced to 94 days in jail by a judge in Osceola County for burglarizing a building and felony grand theft in the third degree.
He had pleaded no contest to the charges.
It is unclear which active warrants the Orange County Sheriff’s Office was pursuing Kenon for during this incident. Fox News Digital reached out to the department for comment.
