A 35-year-old woman, who is a convicted felon, was arrested Tuesday evening, accused of leading deputies on a chase and ramming her car into their patrol vehicles, the Union County Sheriff’s Office said.
Deputies went to a home on Griffith Road after someone reported that Amanda Sawyer was causing a disturbance.
Wanted man in jail after chase in Union County
Sawyer had outstanding warrants for her arrest for numerous offenses out of Mecklenburg County, including felony robbery with a dangerous weapon.
Deputies got to the home and Sawyer got in a car and left.
They tried to stop her, but she fled, and a pursuit ensued.
Sawyer drove over a tire-deflation device but kept going even though they were shredded, deputies said.
Deputies then tried to force Sawyer’s vehicle to stop and that was when Sawyer rammed the cruisers.
The pursuit ended after about six miles with Sawyer’s arrest, deputies said.
They searched her car and seized a concealed firearm and oxycodone hydrochloride pills.