Man arrested after carjacking Mount Olive N.C. police officer’s patrol car
MOUNT OLIVE, N.C. Jan 19, 2022 — A Warsaw man was arrested on Saturday night after police say he hijacked a patrol car and led police on a high-speed chase.
Mount Olive police officers responded to a 911 call that a suspicious person was at Walmart. When they arrived at the scene, they found Edward Carter Batts.
Officials said that during the investigation, Batts ran away from officers, got into a patrol car and started a high-speed chase.
One officer who was following Batts on Interstate 40 lost control of her vehicle and crashed.
She was airlifted to a local hospital on Saturday but was released shortly after and is expected to recover.
Batts was eventually arrested and charged with felony assault with a deadly weapon on a government official, felony flee to elude arrest, felony larceny of a motor vehicle, and damage to property.
