ON FEBRUARY 21 AROUND 10:00 AM, AN OFFICER WITH THE HENDERSON POLICE DEPARTMENT LOCATED A STOLEN 2014 DODGE CHARGER IN THE AREA ON N. COOPER DRIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPORTED STOLEN FROM ROANOKE RAPIDS. THE VEHICLE FLED FROM THE OFFICER AND PROCEEDED ONTO I-85 NORTH. THE VEHICLE EXITED I-85 AT THE 213 OFF-RAMP. THE VEHICLE APPROACHED THE INTERSECTION OF W. ANDREWS AVE. AND FAILED TO STOP FOR A RED LIGHT AND COLLIDED WITH A 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE VEHICLE TRAVELED ACROSS THE ROADWAY AND CAME TO REST ON THE SUPPORT WIRE FOR A POWER POLE AND THE BUSINESS SIGN TO CROSSROADS SHOPPING CENTER. THE VEHICLE REMAINED ON ITS SIDE UNTIL IT COULD BE REMOVED BY THE WRECKER SERVICE. THE DRIVER, ZANBRIA ARRINGTON, 21, REMAINED IN THE VEHICLE UNTIL THE HENDERSON FIRE DEPARTMENT ASSISTED HER WITH EXITING. BOTH DRIVERS WERE ASSESSED BY VANCE COUNTY EMS ON SCENE.
ZANBRIA ARRINGTON WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH THE FOLLOWING: FELONY SPEED TO ELUDE, POSSESSION OF A STOLEN MOTOR VEHICLE, RECKLESS DRIVING, FAILURE TO STOP AT A RED LIGHT, AND UNSAFE LANE CHANGE. ADDITIONAL WARRANTS FROM HALIFAX COUNTY AND WAKE COUNTY WERE SERVED FOR TWO COUNTS OF MISDEMEANOR LARCENY, TWO COUNTS OF POSSESSION OF A STOLEN MOTOR VEHICLE, FELONY LARCENY OF A MOTOR VEHICLE, AND MISDEMEANOR POSSESSION OF STOLEN GOODS.
ZANBRIA ARRINGTON RECEIVED NO BOND PENDING A COURT HEARING AND WAS REMANDED TO THE VANCE COUNTY JAIL.
— FROM THE HENDERSON POLICE DEPARTMENT AND CHIEF MARCUS BARROW