VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. — A man arrested on a DUI charge managed to escape his holding cell, sparking an hourlong search, according to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office.
Daniel Brown, 39, was pulled over at 10:20 p.m. Tuesday for a burned-out taillight.
The deputy said nthat when Brown got out of his car, he was unsteady on his feet, had slurred speech and smelled of alcohol.
Deputies made Brown perform a sobriety test and then took him to the Sheriff’s Office’s Deltona headquarters on Providence Boulevard for processing.
Brown somehow managed to slip out of his handcuffs, which secured him to a bench in a holding cell, and escaped out the back door, deputies said.
A sheriff’s office K-9 tracked down Brown about an hour later. Deputies said Brown was hiding in some bushes on Providence Boulevard and was bitten by the K-9.
Brown was treated at the hospital for his injuries, then taken to the Volusia County Jail, where he is being held without bond.
VCSO says Danial Brown slipped out of his cuffs and walked out of his holding cell last night. He was caught less than an hr later pic.twitter.com/rTdn9t12F8
— Mike Springer WFTV (@mspringerwftv) March 22, 2017
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