Driver found smoking drug pipe after ramming patrol cars in Orange, Alamance chase
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- Deputies pursued a Hyundai across two counties after traffic violations escalated.
- Driver rammed and disabled two patrol cars and drove through yards and fences.
- Search found drug paraphernalia and stolen goods; both suspects jailed without bond.
Orange County deputies arrested two people Wednesday, finding a driver smoking a drug pipe behind a home in Alamance County, after a two-county chase that damaged patrol cars.
The chase started when a deputy saw a black Hyundai Sonata driven by Barry L. Bradley, 50, of Durham, on the opposite side of a double yellow line just after 2 p.m. Wednesday in Hillsborough.
The deputy tried to stop the car, but it kept going and turned south onto Interstate 85, where the driver committed other traffic violations, according to a news release.
Other deputies and the N.C. Highway Patrol joined the chase, and a state trooper deployed stop sticks near the Alamance County line. The driver kept going, exiting the interstate onto N.C. 87 South in Graham, the release said.
With officers in pursuit, the driver “continued to travel in a reckless manner,” the release said, “ramming into and disabling two patrol cars and driving through several yards and fences before turning onto a dead-end road.”
The driver stopped behind a home and a business, and as a deputy approached the car, he reported seeing Bradley smoke a glass pipe.
Passenger also charged
After handcuffing Bradley and Durham resident Heather N. Stallings, 42, who was a passenger in the car, deputies searched the car, finding two glass pipes with cocaine residue, two pills, a broken phone, an open container of alcohol, and several items that appeared to be from the Dollar General in Hillsborough, the release said.
The items were connected to a larceny that was reported there minutes before the deputy started pursuing the driver, it said.
Bradley was charged with fleeing to elude arrest with a motor vehicle, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, second-degree kidnapping, and three counts of damage to property, the release said.
He also faces misdemeanor charges for reckless driving to endanger, reckless driving with wanton disregard for the rights or safety of others, speeding, possession of drug paraphernalia, driving while impaired, open container of alcohol, and driving while his license was revoked, it said, as well as unsafe passing on a yellow line, failure to maintain lane control, and fail to stop for a steady red light.
Stallings was charged with felony possession of a schedule II-controlled substance and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia. She was also arrested on multiple charges from other counties, mostly for larceny, the release said.
Jail records show she was also charged with two counts of misdemeanor larceny, larceny from a merchant using an emergency door, failure to appear in court on previous charges, and misdemeanor conspiracy.
As a deputy drove Stallings to the Orange County jail, she told him that she had asked Bradley to let her out of the car during the chase, but he refused to stop, the release said. Bradley also told a drug recognition expert who was assessing his impairment level that he had refused to let Stallings out of the car, it said.
Both suspects are being held without bail in the Orange County jail, it said.
This story was originally published March 5, 2026 at 5:08 PM.
