Mount Comfort, IN - Handcuffed Drug Suspect Steals Hancock Co. Sheriff's Deputy's Car - 10 Mile Chase - Suspect Shot and Wounded

Police: Handcuffed Man Took Deputy's Car
Man Undergoes Surgery After Wild Chase



 

MOUNT COMFORT, Ind. -- A man handcuffed after a drug bust was somehow able to steal a Hancock County sheriff's deputy's patrol car and lead police on a 10 mile chase.

Two deputies fired several shots at Herbert Seay, 28, as he sped away, hitting him in the elbow, 6News' Ericka Flye reported.


The chase began after a traffic stop at about 4 p.m. on U.S. 40 in Greenfield. Police said they found drugs and handcuffed Seay behind his back. He was left in the front seat of the deputy's car with the engine running.

"He was … able to get his hands in front of him and then was able to get over into the driver's seat and took the car," said Hancock County sheriff's Maj. Joe Hunt.

Police said Seay kept driving even though he was wounded, leading police on a 10-mile chase until Cumberland police put down stop sticks, forcing him to swerve off a county road and into a cornfield before ditching the car.

"He jumped out of the vehicle and then ran through the field," said witness Scott Snyder, who was cutting grass nearby. "Then, I guess police put the dog on him."

A K-9 bit Seay before he was taken into custody. Police are trying to determine how he managed to take the car, which had several bullet holes and shattered windows after the incident.

"He was handcuffed and seat belted in the car. I can't do it. I can't get my hands from behind me, but those things happen," Hunt said.

Seay was taken to Wishard Memorial Hospital in Indianapolis, where he underwent surgery on his arm.

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