TAVARES, Florida—An Astor woman is in the Lake County Jail after fleeing deputies in a stolen car in unincorporated Leesburg and ending her escapade outside the sallyport doors at the jail Saturday night, according to an arrest affidavit.
An LCSO deputy observed a gray car roll the stop sign at Harbor Shores Road and Pine Island Drive and attempted to perform a traffic stop, the affidavit states.
The car, being driven by Connie Ellene Adams, 31, passed another deputy who was outside his vehicle and failed to follow his commands to stop, fleeing at a high rate of speed. The car fled to County Road 44 and County Road 452 and through the city limits of Eustis, running numerous traffic lights. Adams continued to drive into Tavares and “came to a rest outside of the Lake County Jail’s sallyport doors,” the affidavit states.
Adams was taken into custody and the car was found to be stolen from Marion County. Adams, who has multiple driver license suspensions, was arrested for fleeing and eluding, driving while license suspended, grand theft auto and attaching tag not assigned. She was walked into LCJ, where she is being held on $9,000 bond.
