By C1 Staff
SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. — An inmate who escaped from the Servierville County Jail Annex didn’t make it very far in a car he stole after he rammed two police officers’ patrol cars.
WATE reports that Stanley J. Wallace jumped a fence while out in a rec yard, forced a gate open and escaped.
He jumped into a red Chevy Blazer parked nearby and took off, according to a witness. An officer spotted the vehicle a few minutes later and tried to hedge in the vehicle as it pulled into a driveway.
Wallace struck the officer’s cruiser with the SUV; another officer arrived on scene and Wallace struck that vehicle as well.
Officers got out and held Wallace at gunpoint, ordering him to stop, but he continued to attempt to flee. Finally one officer shot out the rear tire on the SUV, and took Wallace into custody.
Originally facing a theft charge, Wallace is now charge with felony jail escape, two counts of aggravated assault on an officer, two counts of felony vandalism and one count of theft of a motor vehicle. Additional charges may be pending.