Police Stops Van Using PIT Maneuver During Chase in Ocala, Florida

A man and woman are pulled from a van after a short police chase in Ocala on Thursday. The van rolled over after a sheriff’s deputy used a PIT maneuver to stop it. The driver, wanted sex offender Todd Marchesano, had minor injuries. A woman suspected of selling dozens of bronze vases removed from a cemetery late last month was arrested on Thursday. Tina Marie Nabbefeld, 40, was a passenger in a gray Toyota van that a sheriff’s deputy forcibly stopped by using the precision immobilization technique — or PIT maneuver — in the 2200th block of Northeast Jacksonville Road, according to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office. The driver, Todd RichardMarchesano, had minor injuries, according to MCSO. Deputies had been searching for Marchesano, who is suspected of violating his sex offender requirements, according to an arrest report. Ocala Police Department detectives had been looking for Nabbefeld in connection with the theft of 45-50 bronze vases worth $200 each from headstones at Faith Memorial Cemetery, 3035 NW Old Blitchton Road.