PIKEVILLE, Ky. — A woman who slipped away from police while being taken to jail was ultimately taken back into custody after a slip-and-fall.
A sheriff’s deputy arrested Alexus Rudder, 22, of Pikeville, on an outstanding warrant and an indictment warrant Monday night.
As she was being taken into the jail, she slipped away from the officer and ran away, still handcuffed, down Division Street during a rainstorm. The deputy followed but soon lost her, and officers spent the next 20 minutes looking for her.
They were ultimately able to review security footage and see that Rudder rounded a corner and hid in a dark area, then later crossed Hambley Boulevard and headed toward Myers Towers.
Police went to the apartment complex to search for her, but as they arrived, a man came out of the building saying a wet and handcuffed woman had fallen in the hallway. Police soon found her outside the front entrance and say she tried to run again, but she was quickly captured.
Rudder now faces charges of escape, fleeing police, wanton endangerment, trespassing and resisting arrest. She is being held in the Pike County Detention Center on a $10,000 bond.
