NEW HANOVER COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) – A driver was arrested after leaving a New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office license checkpoint and leading deputies on a chase, officials said.
According to the sheriff’s office, the driver, identified as Clayton Bule Albritton, stopped briefly at the checkpoint in a neighborhood before driving away when asked to show his license and turning onto Brittany Drive. A deputy standing in the roadway signaled for him to stop, but the driver ignored him and the deputy had to move out of the way to avoid being hit.
After a search, deputies later found the vehicle and tried to stop it again before the driver reversed around a patrol vehicle and left, according to the Sheriff’s Office. Deputies used a sheriff’s vehicle to stop the vehicle…