A cross-county vehicle pursuit on Wednesday afternoon resulted in two Durham residents facing several felony changes, as well as a pair of damaged Orange County Sheriff’s vehicles and Alamance County properties.
A release from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office Thursday said 50-year-old Barry Bradley and 42-year-old Heather Stallings are in custody after failing to stop for sheriff’s deputies and North Carolina State Highway Patrol troopers during a chase that started around 2 p.m. Wednesday in Hillsborough. Following a larceny at the Dollar General at South Churton Street — which deputies later learned of — Bradley was driving a black Hyundai Sonata and crossed the double yellow line on the road. After trying unsuccessfully to stop the car for that traffic violation and others seen while driving south on Interstate 85, deputies alerting the Highway Patrol — which successfully deployed stop sticks on the Sonata as it entered Alamance County.
From there, Bradley exited I-85 and drove onto Highway 87 South, with law enforcement saying he rammed into two Orange County patrol cars and severely damaged them. The driver eventually steered through “several yards and fences before turning onto a dead-end road and becoming stuck behind a residence and a business,” according to Thursday’s release…