LIMERICK — Two New Hampshire residents were arrested and are being held in York County Jail in Alfred, after attempting, and failing, to elude York County Sheriff deputies, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
Shawn Davis, 28, East Wakefield, New Hampshire, and Martina Cervantes, 27, of Concord, New Hampshire, were arrested after leading deputies on a chase starting in Limerick, into Waterboro and eventually into the woods where they were finally captured, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
Davis, who was found in possession of 7 grams of heroin, was charged with eluding an officer and additional charges are anticipated. He is being held on a $5,000 bail.
Cervantes was charged with failure to submit to a police officer and is being held on a $500 bail.
The chase began at about 4 a.m. Friday, when Deputy Cody Frazier attempted a traffic stop on a 1998 Toyota camper on Sokokis Trail near Enterprise Road in Limerick, according to Sheriff William King in a press release. But the driver didn’t stop, “even when Frazier activated the emergency equipment on the cruiser,” King said.
The driver continued southbound on Sokokis Trail into Waterboro. “At one point,” King said, “the driver shut off the exterior lights of the vehicle in an apparent attempt to elude the pursuing deputy.”
The camper turned left onto Chadbourne Ridge Road, passed Silas Brown Road, then turned left on Bradeen Road, which is a dead end, and when coming to the end, the vehicle crashed through a snow bank and kept going onto an uncleared path in the woods, King said. After traveling approximately 150 feet on the path, the vehicle could not continue and two occupants left the vehicle and fled into the woods.
Deputies followed tracks and found David and Cervantes hiding in separate locations, King said, with one under a tree and the other in a crawl space in a nearby residence.
After further investigation, deputies found there were warrants out for Davis’s arrest in both Maine and New Hampshire for drug-related charges.
Davis and Cervantes will be video arraigned on Monday.
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