The chase on Thursday night started shortly after the suspect, Daniel J. Ruddell, 45, of Palm Coast, Fla., robbed a Daytona Beach Circle K store by threatening the clerk with a bottle of liquid he claimed was toxic, the St. Johns County Sheriff's Office said in a statement. St. Johns County Sheriff's Office deputies then tried using the same strategy to stop Ruddell's car as he exited onto State Road 207.