Boca Raton Man Charged With Leading Trooper on Chase, Battery and DUI

Carlos H. Jordan (Photo: Palm Beach County Jail)

A Boca Raton man is alleged to have led a Florida Highway Patrol trooper on a chase up I-95 and on Congress Avenue before bailing out of a vehicle and punching the trooper while being taken into custody, a police report said. He is also charged with driving while intoxicated and refusing a breath test.

Carlos H. Jordan, 40, of Boca Raton, was spotted “swerving all over the road” by the trooper on I-95 around Hillsboro Boulevard in Deerfield Beach while traveling north, the report stated. The trooper, who was in a marked vehicle, eventually paced the driver – later identified as Jordan – at about 87 m.p.h. before attempting to pull him over. The incident occurred Sept. 27, 2025 at about 1:35 a.m., according to court documents.

The report said Jordan failed to stop and eventually exited the highway at the Congress Avenue exit “and began to flee.” He is alleged to have reached a speed of 48 m.p.h. on Congress before turning onto NW 82nd Boulevard, after which the trooper unsuccessfully attempted a PIT maneuver. At the corner of NW 83rd Street and NW 9th Avenue, the report stated, the driver stopped the vehicle and ran, leading the trooper to give chase. The trooper tackled the suspect, who allegedly hit the trooper in the face with a closed fist while being taken into custody.

Following his arrest at 1:47 a.m., Jordan did not speak to police, but was observed by troopers on scene to have had bloodshot eyes and an odor of an alcoholic beverage on his breath. Jordan refused to take a breath test at FHP’s Palm Beach County facility. He was charged with resisting an officer with violence, battery on a first responder, fleeing or eluding police, as well as DUI. He was freed from the Palm Beach County Jail on $6,000 bond – combined between the four charges – the following night.