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Parolee accused of leading Richmond County deputies on early morning chase

ROCKINGHAM — A man still on parole from previous convictions is back behind bars after allegedly leading deputies on a chase early Friday morning.

According to a press release issued Friday afternoon, deputies attempted to stop a blue Honda Accord without a license tag on Mill Road around 3 a.m. 

But once deputies flipped on the lights and sirens, the driver allegedly “continued at a high rate of speed.”

The chase continued to Rockingham Road where a deputy attempted to use stop sticks — but the Accord swerved “in an attempt to strike the deputy,” according to the sheriff’s office.

Officers with the Rockingham Police Department assisted in the pursuit, which came to an end on East Washington Street and the driver was identified as 24-year-old Brandon Lee Cox, the release states.

Also in the car was 38-year-old Hollie Leigh Turner, who was arrested on an outstanding order for arrest for failure to appear in court on a felony charge. (Online court records do not indicate what that charge is.)

Cox, of Rockingham, was arrested and charged with: fleeing to elude arrest with a motor vehicle; assault on a government employee; assault with a deadly weapon; possession of a firearm by a felon; and carrying a concealed gun.

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He was booked into the Richmond County Jail under a $75,000 secured bond. Turner is being held under a $2,500 secured bond. Both are scheduled to appear in court March 3.

Records with the N.C. Department of Public Safety Division of Adult Correction show Cox was released from prison on Oct. 9, 2021 after serving 17 months following convictions on three felony charges: discharging a firearm into an occupied property; possession of a firearm by a felon; and attempted trafficking of a Schedule II controlled substance.

Cox’s parole is set to end Oct. 9 of this year on the former charge and July 6 on the latter two, records show.

He was initially convicted of the discharging a firearm charge in December 2019 and given probation.

Turner’s previous convictions are for maintaining a place for a controlled substance (2012) and delivering or selling a Schedule III controlled substance (2014). Records show she was given probation in both cases.

All defendants facing criminal charges are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

 



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