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Police search for escaped detainee
Police in King are looking for a woman who escaped after being detained Thursday who faces multiple charges.
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By Deborah Strange, WRAL digital journalist
KING, N.C. — Police in King are looking for a woman who escaped after being detained Thursday.
Brittany Scales is wanted for possession of drugs with intent to sell and deliver and larceny and possession of stolen goods.
She was handcuffed during a traffic stop Thursday.
She then ran into woods off of East King Street in King, which is north of Winston-Salem. She used a resident’s phone to call someone, who then picked her up in a gray 2014 Dodge Charger with Virginia license plate UTW-8736.
Police believe Scales and the person are traveling north near Galax.
Anyone with information is asked to call 911.
