19 year old Donald Bernard McGee Jr., of Hollywood, Florida courted a Lake Worth woman after the two exchanged text messages and photos and agreed to meet Friday, according to a Boynton Beach Police Department arrest report. After a walk through the Boynton Ocean Inlet Park, the date ended when they headed to a Wendy’s parking lot at around 10 p.m. to wait for McGee’s brother to pick him up, the woman told police. That’s when McGee whipped out a gun and demanded she get out of the car, according to the arrest report. The woman said she ran to a nearby BP gas station to flag down a Good Samaritan to call 911 as McGee took off. The woman hopped into the Good Samaritan’s car and the two chased her 2000 Honda Civic as McGee drove to the Interstate 95 southbound on-ramp at West Boynton Beach Boulevard. That’s when police caught up with the car, flipped on their lights and sirens, but McGee wouldn’t stop. McGee lost control of the car, he tried to run, but was ordered to get down at gunpoint by a K-9 officer. McGee told police he took the Tri-Rail and a bus to meet the woman at the beach, but said it was the woman who carjacked him and that she was the one who pulled out the gun, according to the report. McGee told police he took off to “get out of the area” but couldn’t explain why he didn’t stop on the highway. He also couldn’t explain the .380-caliber Kel Tec handgun officers say they found in the car’s center console. He was arrested Friday and booked into Palm Beach County Jail on Saturday. He faces charges of carjacking with a firearm, marijuana possession, fleeing police, driving without a valid license and robbery with a firearm. McGee is being held in lieu of $15,000 bail.
