WALTERBORO, S.C. (AP) -- Authorities are looking for an inmate who escaped from a police officer and stole his cruiser in Colleton County.
Investigators say a deputy from Stephens County, Ga., was driving 37-year-old Perry Sullivan to the county in northeast Georgia on Thursday when the prisoner said he felt ill. The officer pulled over, but the inmate had slipped out of his handcuffs and overpowered the officer, taking his patrol car and gun.
The officer was not hurt, and the police car was found a few hours later in Allendale County. But Sullivan has not been recaptured.
Authorities say Sullivan was in custody on a burglary charge.
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