Deputies arrest man accused of escaping ambulance, stealing truck in Lexington, SC
An hours-long manhunt has ended for a man the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department has accused of escaping police custody and stealing a pickup truck.
Daniel Hill III was arrested a second time Wednesday after a SWAT team located him at a home that night on Lawrence Drive, the sheriff’s office tweeted.
The sheriff’s department said Hill was first arrested Wednesday morning on multiple warrants for drug-related charges, resisting arrest and failure to stop for blue lights. Hill was taken to a hospital to make sure he was not injured during the arrest, the department said.
A department spokesman said Hill broke free and escaped from the ambulance, leading to a search for him in the area of Sunset Boulevard and Leaphart Road. There, the sheriff’s department said Hill allegedly stole a burgundy Ford F350 pickup truck with a gun inside. The truck was later found near Sunset Drive and Interstate 20, off Southwood Drive in Red Bank, the department tweeted.
A tweet from the department said Hill was picked up by someone in the Red Bank area but was later located Wednesday night and arrested by SWAT officers in a home near Lawrence Road, according to the sheriff’s department.
He was still in handcuffs and made no threats, the department said.
This story was originally published December 9, 2021 at 9:39 AM.
