Multiple charges were filed against a suspect who allegedly stopped running from the law when he pulled into the driveway of random residence.
Billy Jay Wright, 40, of 414 Country Village Rd., Whiteville, was held under $30,000 secured bond. The sheriff’s office said he was charged with felony fleeing to elude arrest, felony possession of cocaine, maintaining a vehicle for drug activities, misdemeanor marijuana, trespassing, resisting an officer and paraphernalia. He also faces numerous traffic charges from the Highway Patrol.
A deputy on patrol in the Green Acres community spotted Wright driving a Ford Taurus with multiple violations, the report said. Wright allegedly fled a traffic stop at speeds of more than 100 miles per hour along Swamp Fox Highway East. He allegedly went around other vehicles in a no passing zone and otherwise drove recklessly, according to the report.
The chase ended when Wright pulled into a random driveway in the 10000 block of Swamp Fox Highway East. He was taken into custody without further incident, the report said.
In the vehicle deputies found what appeared to be crack cocaine, marijuana and drug paraphernalia.
