A man who rammed a stolen car into a deputy’s vehicle at a BP gas station on the corner of Powers and Colonial Drive, then led officers on a wild car chase through the streets early on Thursday morning has been arrested.  The suspect, who has an extensive criminal record was captured by deputies but not before he crashed into a security gate in his attempt to elude officers.
According to OCSO:
At approximately 4:00 am on June 3, Orange County deputies ran the tag of a Chevrolet Malibu at the BP station at the corner of Powers and Colonial Drive. No one was in the car, and the plate came back stolen. Deputies waited and at some point a white male came to vehicle and made an attempt to enter it. Deputies tactically backed the vehicle in and issued verbal commands to the individual which were ignored. Deputies say the suspect got in the car and rammed one of the deputy vehicles causing the deputy’s car door to strike the deputy. The deputy then fired at the suspect but did not hit him. The suspect was able to get out of the parking lot and fled first south on Powers, then east on Old Winter Garden, then south on Kirkman with deputies in pursuit.
The suspect’s chosen route led him unto the property of Lockheed Martin. He crashed through a security gate nearly injuring a security guard, and eventually crashed into a ditch. He then fled on foot into the parking lot and was eventually apprehended by deputies.
No one was injured at the scene of the BP station. However one of the deputies at the Lockheed scene also crashed into a ditch and was injured; he was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
The suspect, David Paul Osczepinski, 21 years, has an extensive criminal history and was in possession of a stolen firearm at the time of his arrest.
Osczepinski has been charged with the following:
- Aggravated Battery on a Law Enforcement Officer
- Possession of a Firearm in Commission of a Felony
- Fleeing and Eluding a Law Enforcement Officer
- Aggravated Assault with a Motor Vehicle
- Possession of a Firearm
- Grand Theft/Firearm
- Resisting an Officer without violence
- Armed Trespass of a structure
He has been booked in the Orange County Jail.
