Chase Leads to Charges

Just the thought of a Ford Escort being chased by sheriff deputies, is enough to give a person a little smile at the absurdity of it all. It happened late last week in Wilkes, though, as a woman tried to get away from deputies who saw her out and about and knew she was involved in another case they were working. A deputy says he was chatting with another deputy at Yellow Banks Road and Elledge Mill Road, and saw the Escort, driven by 40-year old Pamela Fay Mitchell, turned onto Yellow Banks from Dehart Church Road. As the deputies pulled out to make a traffic stop, Mitchell sped off. The deputies turned on their lights and sirens, and chased Mitchell for about a mile or so, untill she got caught up in traffic, which allowed one of the deputes to get ahead of her and force her to stop.



As the deputies approached her, they smelled alcohol. Mitchell admitted drinking and driving, and she had not valid license because it had been revoked previously. Deputies also spotted an open container in the car. She was taken for a breath test, at which she blew a .20, which is two and a half times the legal limit. Deputies arrrested Mitchell on several charges: running from the cops, drunk driving, driving with her license revoked, speeding 80 miles an hour in a 55 zone, and having an open container.