‘Never Attempted To Stop’ — Report Details Habitual Offender’s Crash Into State Trooper

August 19, 2025


Witnesses said a habitual traffic offender never attempted to stop before he crashed into a Florida Highway Patrol trooper Sunday morning on Highway 29.

Deondrez Dequan White, 36, was charged with driving while license suspended as a habitual offender and booked into the Escambia County Jail after he was released from the hospital.

FHP said White rear-ended a 27-year-old male trooper who was investigating a previous crash on Highway 29 just south of West Roberts Road.

“Both witnesses advised the black SUV (driven by White) was traveling in the inside southbound lane and never attempted to stop,” states the FHP report obtained Monday by NorthEscambia.com.

At 6:21 a.m. Sunday, the trooper stated on the radio that he was involved in a vehicle crash. A second responding trooper arrived to find the first trooper’s patrol car facing south in the median of Highway 29 with crash debris in the inside lane. There were skid marks leading from the inside lane where the trooper’s car was parked in the inside lane with emergency lights activated.

White was still sitting in the driver’s seat of his SUV and requested to be transported to Sacred Heart Hospital. The trooper was transported to an area hospital for injuries “to his head, neck, back, and hands/arms,” the report states.

White was arrested after being medically cleared by the hospital and booked into the Escambia County Jail. He was released from jail about 5 p.m. Monday on a $500 bond. He is set to be arraigned on September 12.

According to the FHP report, White’s license had been suspended multiple times, since 2011, for failure to pay financial obligations and was revoked for five years in 2018. Court records show he was convicted of no valid driver’s license twice in 2013, driving with a suspended license in November 2014, driving with a suspended license in January 2017, driving with a suspended license in March 2017, knowingly driving with a suspended license in November 2019, and knowingly driving with a suspended license and leaving the scene of an accident for a December 2023 crash.

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Comments

9 Responses to “‘Never Attempted To Stop’ — Report Details Habitual Offender’s Crash Into State Trooper”

  1. D B on August 21st, 2025 1:55 am

    Vote the judges out!

  2. Rodney on August 19th, 2025 1:14 pm

    Almost as many people die each day in vehicles than by forearms. This is the total number of fire arms death, including suicide. Does it make too much sense to enact more severe penalties for driving infractions that include death? I fully understand there are accidents due to road conditions and vehicle failure among others but if there is no accountability for simply not paying attention, the problems will persist.

  3. Jim on August 19th, 2025 10:43 am

    Why was this guy not already sitting in a cell somewhere? $500 bond? This is a ridiculous failure of the judicial system to protect the public from a true and proven menace to society.

  4. mic hall on August 19th, 2025 10:00 am

    I think bail should always be at least the amount of damage done. Just guessing that the cruiser alone would be 10x the bail he was given. Keeping him in jail should be the goal not just a token bail. This guy has proven he does not care about what judges say about not driving.

    He is a danger. It is amazing no one was killed.

  5. El duque on August 19th, 2025 8:20 am

    Recommendation to the judge: He can’t drive without a license if he is in jail. Lock him up.

  6. rd on August 19th, 2025 7:36 am

    @jeff, I personally don’t think someone who has been arrested and convicited of driving without a license 2 or more times should be given bail at all when charged with it again.

  7. Well on August 19th, 2025 7:35 am

    Hope the Officer is ok and makes a fast recovery.

  8. Willis on August 19th, 2025 7:34 am

    Yeah Jeff $500 is ridiculous but how about knowing that he is right back out there driving around.

  9. jeff on August 19th, 2025 7:19 am

    I know there are guidelines on how much they can set bail at, but for this guy with his multiple offences I feel 500 was inadequate.

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