A man the Florida Highway Patrol had listed among its most wanted fugitives — wanted for more than two years on three counts of vehicular homicide over a 2024 crash that killed three motorists, including his own mother — has been arrested in Boca Raton, the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV) announced.
Source: FLHSMV / Florida Highway Patrol press release, via EIN Presswire
Jean S. Dorisca, 48, was taken into custody on Thursday, October 29, 2026, by troopers of the Florida Highway Patrol's Criminal Alien Apprehension Team (CAAT), according to the department. Investigators had located him the day before, on October 28, at a residence in Boca Raton, in Palm Beach County, and a targeted enforcement operation arrested him without incident.
A warrant that waited more than two years
Dorisca was wanted in Osceola County on an outstanding felony warrant for three counts of vehicular homicide, stemming from a fatal traffic crash on July 16, 2024. After that crash he evaded arrest and was designated one of the Florida Highway Patrol's most wanted fugitives, a designation he carried for more than two years until CAAT troopers found him in Boca Raton, roughly 160 miles southeast of the county where the warrant was issued.
The crash itself happened on State Road 60 near the Polk–Osceola county line. According to the Highway Patrol, Dorisca allegedly attempted to pass a semi-truck in a designated no-passing zone and collided with oncoming traffic, killing three motorists. One of the people killed was Dorisca's mother. The passing allegation is the Highway Patrol's account of the crash; it has not been tested in court, and Dorisca is presumed innocent of the charges unless and until he is convicted.
What officials said
"Jean Dorisca has been taken into custody and will now face the criminal charges associated with this tragic crash," FLHSMV Executive Director Dave Kerner said in the department's announcement, as reported by CDL Life. The arrest was carried out by the Highway Patrol's Criminal Alien Apprehension Team, the unit the state uses for targeted arrests of fugitives who are also foreign nationals. Dorisca is a Haitian national and a lawful permanent resident of the United States, the department said.
Source: CDL Life, November 2, 2026
After his arrest, Dorisca was transported to the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office detention centre and booked on the outstanding Osceola County felony warrant. The department's release, as summarised by The Newscaster, says he was booked with no bond and remains in custody pending his transfer to Osceola County to face the vehicular homicide charges.
Why a no-passing-zone crash matters to truckers
State Road 60 is a largely two-lane east–west corridor across central Florida, carrying a heavy mix of local traffic and freight between the Tampa Bay area and Florida's east coast. On two-lane roads like it, a single illegal pass around a semi-truck leaves a driver facing oncoming traffic with almost no margin — which is why passing zones are marked and why, investigators allege, this one ended with three deaths. For the Punjabi and other immigrant truckers who run Florida corridors daily, the case is a stark reminder of how quickly a passenger car's illegal pass around their rig can become a homicide investigation in which the truck, and its driver, are witnesses at the centre of the scene.
The case also sits at the overlap of traffic enforcement and immigration enforcement that has defined the CAAT's work: the same state agency that investigates fatal crashes now runs a dedicated apprehension team for fugitives who are foreign nationals, and its announcement of this arrest led with that mandate.
Vehicular homicide charges are criminal allegations, not findings of guilt. Dorisca has not been convicted in this case; the Highway Patrol's account of the July 2024 crash — including the alleged no-passing-zone pass — is what prosecutors must now prove in an Osceola County court.
What happens next
Dorisca remains in custody in Palm Beach County pending extradition to Osceola County, where he will be arraigned on the three vehicular homicide counts and a trial schedule will be set. Officials say that if he is convicted he faces up to 45 years in a Florida state prison. The department also says his status as a lawful permanent resident could be revoked — a federal immigration consequence that would be decided separately from the state criminal case. Awaaz Punjab will follow the Osceola County court proceedings as dates are set.