Woman escapes from patrol car
By From staff reports
Published in News on September 15, 2016 9:57 AM
A Cary woman was arrested Tuesday after she reportedly escaped after being arrested for driving a stolen vehicle.
According to a press release from the Wayne County Sheriff's Office, Christina Jean Manchester, 32, of 1118 Ivey Lane, Cary, was pulled over by members of the DWI Task Force while driving a stolen Honda Accord around 3:30 a.m. on Sunday.
She provided false information to officers about her name and date of birth, and was put in the back of a patrol car with her hands handcuffed behind her back and she was buckled in by a seat belt.
Manchester reportedly escaped the vehicle by climbing into the front seat and opening the drivers side door while deputies collected evidence from the stolen vehicle.
Attempts to find Manchester after she escaped were unsuccessful.
She was found by members of the Goldsboro Police Department Selective Enforcement Unit just before 5 p.m. Tuesday at 811-B Seaboard St. and was arrested without incident.
Manchester was charged with probation violation, larceny, two counts of possession of drug paraphernalia, two counts felony possession of a schedule I controlled substance, felony identity theft, felony larceny of a motor vehicle, felony possession of a stolen motor vehicle, felony possession of a schedule II controlled substance, driving while license revoked, resisting a public officer, possession of stolen goods, providing fictitious information to an officer and failure to dim headlamps.
She was put in the Wayne County Jail and given a $35,500 secured bond.