Escaped prisoner accused of robbery, attempted carjacking

An escaped prisoner from West Palm Beach robbed two people, one at gunpoint, and attempted to carjack a security guard before he was arrested, according to a police report.

Michael Coleman, i s being held without bond at the Palm Beach County Jail and is facing various felony charges including armed burglary, carjacking and burglary with assault or battery.

Coleman escaped from a work-release program and had a warrant out for his arrest when he broke into a woman’s West Palm Beach home Feb. 17 by punching out a window, the report said. Coleman and the woman had known each other for about a year, the report said.

Coleman allegedly struck again March 23 in Riviera Beach. He asked a man for a cigarette, then barged into the victim’s home after the man went inside his residence in the 1500 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, the report said.

On March 25, the Palm Beach County Sheriffff ’s Offiffice tracked Coleman down to a hotel on Northlake Boulevard, the report said. After he emerged and drove away, PBSO attempted a traffiffic stop.

Coleman took offff in a chase that began in the 4000 block of North Military Trail in unincorporated West Palm Beach and ended in a Riviera Beach parking lot at 2051 MLK Blvd., PBSO said.

Coleman then attempted to carjack a security guard, the report said.