TWO FACE MULTIPLE CHARGES FOLLOWING PURSUIT; TWO PATROL VEHICLES DISABLED

Hillsborough, NC (March 5, 2026) – Following a pursuit into Alamance County, during which the fleeing driver rammed two patrol vehicles, deputies arrested two people on multiple charges. The pursuit began just after 2:00 PM yesterday when a deputy with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office attempted a traffic stop after witnessing a motorist traveling on the opposite side of a double yellow line.

Barry L. Bradley, 50, and Heather N. Stallings, 42, both of Durham, first came to the deputy’s attention because of the above-mentioned traffic violation.  Deputies pursued their vehicle south on I-85, witnessing several additional traffic violations.  Troopers with the Highway Patrol successfully deployed stop sticks as the car entered Alamance County.

Bradley then exited the Interstate onto Highway 87 South. He continued to travel in a reckless manner, ramming into and disabling two patrol cars, and driving through several yards and fences before turning onto a dead-end road and becoming stuck behind a residence and a business. As a deputy approached the black Hyundai Sonata, he saw Bradley smoking a glass pipe prior to taking him into custody.

After handcuffing Bradely and Stallings, deputies conducted a probable cause search of the vehicle and located two glass pipes with cocaine residue, two pills, a broken phone, and several items that appeared to be from the Dollar General in Hillsborough and connected to a larceny that occurred there minutes before the deputy witnessed the original traffic violation.

Stallings mentioned to the deputy transporting her to the magistrate’s office that she asked Bradley to stop and let her out of the vehicle during the pursuit, but he refused. Separately, while a drug recognition expert (DRE) worked to assess Bradley’s impairment, Bradley spontaneously uttered that Stallings asked to get out of the car, but he did not let her. The DRE found that Bradley exhibited clinical indicators of being impaired by a central nervous system stimulant.

The magistrate found probable cause to charge Bradley with the following felonies: fleeing to elude arrest with a motor vehicle, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, second degree kidnapping, and three counts of damage to property. Bradley 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 license revoked. Deputies also charged him with three additional traffic infractions: unsafe passing on a yellow line, failure to maintain lane control, and fail to stop for a steady red light.

Stallings faces charges for felony possession of a schedule II-controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia, a misdemeanor. The magistrate also served her with multiple charges from nearby counties, mostly related to other larcenies.

Deputies left both defendants in the custody of the detention center where they are being held without bond under the Pre-trial Integrity Act.

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