Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, April 10, 1990 TAG: 9004100373
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B3 EDITION: STATE
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Trooper W.W. Hall had stopped the man about 10:15 a.m. Monday after he sped through radar on Interstate 77.
When Hall went to his patrol car to run a license check, the man drove away. Hall and a second state police unit pursued him at more than 100 mph before the man stopped in a private driveway and fled into the woods.
Police originally suspected that the man matched the description of suspect in a bank robbery last week in Rich Valley. Police discounted that possibility early Monday, said Sgt. R.R. Dingus of the state police.
The man was described as a white male, 6 feet, 175 pounds with blond shoulder-length hair. The car he was driving had been stolen from Raleigh, N.C.
About 15 police officers, three dogs and a helicopter were searching for the man most of Monday. He had not been found late Monday evening.
Dingus said the aerial and dog searches had been discontinued, although several patrol units were still in the area.
by CNB