WATERVILLE — A city woman “took off running in handcuffs” during an arrest Tuesday but was caught soon after a short chase downtown, police said.
Renee Jurdak, 30, of Waterville, was arrested after police responded to a complaint about trespassing Tuesday afternoon at the Save-A-Lot grocery store at The Concourse. Police spoke to Jurdak, about whom store employees had complained because she wasn’t allowed to be in the store.
It turned out that Jurdak also was wanted for failure to appear in court on a theft charge, Waterville police Sgt. Brian Gardiner said.
Officer Timothy Hinton slapped the cuffs on Jurdak, arresting her on the warrant, and “when he went to open the door to the cruiser, she took off running in handcuffs,” Gardiner said.
“He chased her down and caught her,” Gardiner said, adding that Jurdak also will be charged with escape, a misdemeanor.
Jurdak, then of Fairfield, was convicted in Somerset County court of theft by unauthorized taking or transfer June 11, 2015, in Fairfield and was ordered to pay a $400 fine. She also was arrested in August in Somerset County on a warrant for failure to appear in court.
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