Police Search For Handcuffed Woman Who Escaped From Squad Car
POSTED: 12:04 am EST December 17,
2005
UPDATED: 12:05 am EST December 17,
2005
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. -- Police were searching Friday evening for a handcuffed woman they say escaped from police custody in Miami Beach.Police said the woman was handcuffed in the back of a squad car near the intersection of 41st Street and Pine Tree Drive when she somehow escaped from police.The woman ran toward a nearby Walgreens, then took off running into an upscale Miami Beach neighborhood of multimillion-dollar homes with big yards and plenty of places to hide.
The search began at about 9 p.m. and police still had not found the woman by 11 p.m. Ten police units and a helicopter searched the area and officers went door-to-door.It is uncertain whether the woman's handcuffs were steel or plastic, NBC 6's Tom Llamas reported. Police said she was wanted on drug charges.
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