WHAT?!?
Prison inmate escapes custody, steals patrol car
Who wouldn’t try to escape 25 years in the slammer?
Bernard--DOC Photo
An inmate receiving medical treatment at a Chapel Hill hospital on Tuesday escaped his guards, stole a patrol car and led authorities on a high-speed chase spanning two central North Carolina counties, according to the Raleigh News&Observer.
Authorities only captured 46-year-old Farley Linford Bernard after he ran into a box truck on Interstate 40 near Mebane, a municipality in Alamance County.
Local media reported that Bernard was an inmate from a high-security prison in Elisabeth City who was taken to UNC Hospital for medical treatment. He was in a room with two armed guards, doctors and medical staff when he ran out of the room and exited the hospital through the loading dock.
Outside, a police officer spotted Bernard and used a taser on him, but the inmate still managed to steal a campus police car and speed away, according to The Daily Tar Heel.
Bernard is serving a 25-year prison term in connection to a 2006 car jacking in Raleigh. He was convicted in 2007 of kidnapping, robbery with a dangerous weapon and possession of stolen goods, according to the N.C. Department of Correction. His estimated release date was March, 2029.
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