Dragging officer is not woman's first attempt to flee arrest
COLD RAIN, OKAY. CAP WILL
PREPARE OURSELVES. THANK YOU.
>> TONIGHT, A ZEBULON POLICE
OFFICER IS RECOVERING AFTER
ACCIDENTALLY SHOOTING HIMSELF
WHILE A CAR WAS DRAGGING.
AND WE'RE LIVE ON THE SCENE
LAST NIGHT. A VERY ACTIVE
SCENE, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, AS
IT WAS ALL UNFOLDING. WE
BROUGHT TO YOU, RIGHT? THIS IS
BREAKING NEWS LAST NIGHT.
NEW TODAY, THOUGH, WE'RE
LEARNING MORE, FOR INSTANCE,
IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME THE
PERSON POLICE WERE TRYING TO
ARREST HAS DONE SOMETHING LIKE
THIS. CHELSEA DONOVAN LIVE NOW
AFTER LOOKING THROUGH HER
ARREST RECORD. WHAT YOU SIGN
FIND CHELSEA.
>> DAN, LAST NIGHT'S INCIDENT
WASN'T THE FIRST TIME THE 51
YEAR-OLD DESERET BYROM TRIED TO
RUN FROM POLICE. HOWEVER, LAST
NIGHT WHEN CONFRONTED BY HIS
NBA LYNN POLICE OFFICER, SHE
ALLEGEDLY PINNED HIM BETWEEN
HER DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR, HIT THE
GAS AND THEN DRAGGED HIM
THROUGH APART.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. IS VIRAL.
>> WE'RE GETTING OUR FIRST LOOK
AT 51 YEAR-OLD DESERET BYRON,
WHO AUTHORITIES BELIEVE DRAG
THIS POLICE OFFICER COLBY JAMES
WITH THE ZEBULON POLICE
DEPARTMENT LAST HOUSE OR IF
THEY ARE HAVING TROUBLE, YOU
KNOW, EVIDENCE OF THE CRIME
MANGLED METAL, TWISTED TWIGS
AND PIECES OF CAR PARTS REMAIN
WHERE JAMES ASKED BY ROOM TO
GET OUT OF HER CAR AFTER SHE
WAS TRESPASSING IN THE
COMMUNITY PARK AFTER
>> ARREST AUTHORITIES IN THE
STATE HAD ISSUED A BE ON THE
LOOKOUT FOR BYRON FOR FLEEING
ARREST AND RECKLESS DRIVING
IN RANDOLPH COUNTY. KEY A JAMES
WAS DRAGGED THROUGH THIS
PLAYGROUND AS HE WAS PINNED
IN THE DOOR JAM.
>> HE DREW HIS GUN TO TRY TO
STOP BYRON, BUT ACCIDENTALLY
SHOT HIMSELF IN THE ARM.
BYROM FLED THE SCENE.
ULTIMATELY SHE WAS ARRESTED
IN JOHNSTON COUNTY BY HIGHWAY
PATROL. THE STATE REVEALED
TODAY THAT BYRON HAS A HISTORY
OF FLEEING ARREST TO AVOID
PROSECUTION AND ASKED FOR A
HEFTY BOND INCREASE
ALL RIGHT ALONG OFFICER.
I WILL SET THE BOND AT $250,000
SECURE. JAMES, WHO'S BEEN ON
THE FORCE IN ZEBULON FOR A
LITTLE OVER A YEAR WAS TAKEN
LAST NIGHT TO WAKE MED.
>> BUT RELEASED THIS MORNING.
AND ZEBULON POLICE CHIEF JACKIE
BOYKIN SAID THIS INCIDENT WILL
NOW BE REVIEWED INTERNALLY.
THAT'S PROTOCOL WHEN AN