Man gets six years for fleeing in Houston County sheriff's vehicle - Macon Telegraph
PERRY -- A handcuffed Florida man who managed to crawl through a small opening in a Plexiglas partition and drive off in a Houston County sheriff’s patrol car last summer has been sentenced to six years and six months in prison. Stewart signed a traffic citation with a fictitious name before taking off in a Houston County sheriff’s vehicle -- a 2014 Dodge Charger -- and fleeing from authorities July 5, 2014. He also pleaded guilty last week to misdemeanor offenses of... Judge George Nunn also ordered Stewart to pay $709. 79 in restitution for a cellphone that belonged to one of the arresting sheriff’s deputies and barred Stewart from Houston County. The incident that sent Stewart to prison began about 1 p. m. on Interstate 75 when he was pulled over by a sheriff’s deputy for traveling 87 mph in a 70 mph lane, authorities said. He was driving a 2004 Ford Taurus that belonged to passenger Kimon Marcus Miller, 26, of Stone Mountain. After deputies found less than a half-ounce of marijuana in Miller’s car during the traffic stop, Stewart and Miller were handcuffed from behind and put in the. Source: www.macon.com
