Jim Thorpe man charged after traffic stop with escape

Published December 16. 2019 11:18AM

A Jim Thorpe man has been charged with escape following an incident that occurred during a traffic stop by Summit Hill police.

Police said on Nov. 27 at 11:46 p.m. an officer assigned to work a DUI roving patrol, observed a pickup traveling past his location along East White Bear Drive with the license plate light not illuminated. A traffic stop was made.

While speaking with the driver, a passenger, identified as Lucas Eric Mika, 21, appeared nervous.

As the officer spoke with the driver and other police units arrived on scene, Mika fled the vehicle into nearby woods despite being told to stop and being under arrest. Police deployed a stun gun, and Mika was taken into custody.

Mika had an active warrant for his arrest issued out of Schuylkill County.

He was taken to the borough police station where he admitted he knew of the warrant and decided to flee.

Comments
In Pennsylvania it is against the law to appear nervous and be a passenger in a vehicle. He was lucky these officers used a stun gun. It could have been a "struggle" with an "accidental weapon discharge".
So “krystal method” you can’t grasp the concept that if a passenger runs from a traffic stop that it’s not suspicious? Come back to reality. And if a “struggle” occurs and that officer feels that he is in danger of his life or others you don’t thing he should use deadly force? People need to wake up.
The operator of the vehicle was the only person committing any violation of the statutes. Appearing nervous is no reason to ID or arrest anyone else in the vehicle. The only person that needed to be identified was the driver. I know the police motto "small things lead to bigger things" that is why they pull everyone over for lights being out. They're also known to lie about these victim-less crimes. Being pulled over for not using a turn signal when turn signals were used just to be nosey happens all the time. It's happened to me. So stop licking boots and wake yourself up.
So someone running away whether driver or passenger from a legitimate a traffic stop/accident is not reasonable suspicion to believe that there is something wrong? If the passenger has nothing to hide then why run? I win!

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