A quiet welfare check at an Altamonte Springs apartment complex turned into a 115 mph police chase after officers say a woman's friend secretly texted 911 to report a violent kidnapping in progress. Brandon De'Yon Inmon now faces 10 felony charges, including kidnapping, aggravated assault, and domestic violence battery, following his arrest on Sunday.
Altamonte Springs police responded to the welfare check call at an apartment complex on Orange Drive after the tip came in as a text-to-911 message, according to WFTV. When officers arrived, they found a man and a woman inside a gray Kia and a second woman standing beside the vehicle, who initially told police everything was okay. That account quickly changed, the station reports, when the woman outside the car said the female passenger had been beaten and was afraid of the driver.
Officers then attempted to stop the Kia because they believed the woman inside could be in danger, per the outlet's report. Police identified the driver as Inmon, and when officers tried to pull the vehicle over, he accelerated away, running multiple red lights and driving erratically along State Road 436, a stretch of road regional traffic studies have flagged as one of the most crash-prone commercial corridors in Central Florida, according to Graves Law.
Spike Strips End a 115 MPH Pursuit
The chase reached speeds of more than 115 mph before police deployed spike strips to deflate both of the Kia's front tires, the same report states. Spike strips are designed to deflate tires gradually rather than causing a sudden blowout, per the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund. The tactic worked: the Kia slowed to about 10 mph near SR 434, at which point an officer maneuvered a patrol vehicle in front of it and boxed it in, allowing officers to remove the woman from the car and take Inmon into custody.
Seminole County saw roughly 6,000 motor vehicle crashes in 2024 alone, resulting in more than 3,900 injuries and 36 fatalities, according to the same Graves Law analysis, underscoring the risk posed by a high-speed chase through the area's busy roadways.
Friend's Secret 911 Text Broke the Case Open
The woman had driven from St. Cloud to Altamonte Springs to meet Inmon, the outlet's report states. According to the arrest report, Inmon choked her, causing her nose to bleed, and pushed her head against a vehicle window. Officers later found two blood-covered rags where she had been sitting inside the car.
A friend who witnessed the attack described it as leaving the woman a “bloody mess” and said Inmon warned he would “shoot it out” if anyone contacted law enforcement. The friend secretly texted 911 after the woman said she was scared and asked her to call police, the report notes. Inmon also threatened to kill the woman and her loved ones, according to the friend, and took the woman's keys and phone, per the arrest report.
Text-to-911 tips like this one remain relatively rare but serve a critical purpose. The Seminole County Sheriff's Office Communications Center answered 568,315 total incoming calls in 2025, according to the Seminole County Sheriff's Office, which notes the option is meant for situations where speaking aloud could put a caller in danger.
Suspect Denies Attack, Cites Marijuana as Reason for Fleeing
Inmon denied physically attacking or kidnapping the woman, according to the arrest report cited by the station's account. He said he fled from officers because there was marijuana inside the vehicle, though he acknowledged taking the woman's phone. He also had an active Orange County warrant at the time of his arrest.
Police ultimately arrested Inmon on 10 felony charges: kidnapping, aggravated assault with intent to commit a felony, high-speed fleeing and eluding, domestic violence battery, motor vehicle theft, obstruction of communication with law enforcement, reckless driving, driving with a suspended license, and resisting officers without violence, according to the same report.
Steep Penalties Await Under Florida Law
The kidnapping charge alone carries the heaviest exposure. Under Florida Statute 787.01, kidnapping is a Level 9 first-degree felony punishable by up to life in prison, life probation, and a $10,000 fine, according to Roger P. Foley, which notes prosecutors must prove non-consensual restraint intended to facilitate a felony or inflict bodily harm.
The high-speed fleeing charge also carries significant weight following recent changes to state law. Under updated Florida Statute 316.1935, effective October 2025 under House Bill 113, fleeing or attempting to elude law enforcement at high speed or with reckless driving is now a second-degree felony carrying up to 15 years in prison, a $10,000 fine, and mandatory license revocation, per Maddux Law, which notes lawmakers recently tightened penalties and added sentencing multipliers for high-speed eluding cases.
The arrest report alleges that Inmon choked the woman, but the sources do not identify the domestic violence battery charge as domestic battery by strangulation. Florida Statute 784.041(2) classifies domestic battery by strangulation as a third-degree felony punishable by up to five years in prison.
Individuals arrested by Altamonte Springs police on felony charges are typically booked at the John E. Polk Correctional Facility in Sanford, Seminole County's central detention hub, according to BailBonds.com.
Latest in a String of Violent Calls for Altamonte Springs Police
This arrest is the focus of the report, which details Inmon's charges. Last month, a two-day vice enforcement operation dubbed Operation Midnight Heat resulted in 37 arrests for narcotics and prostitution offenses across the city, ranging from drug possession to resisting officers without violence.
