EDENTON, N.C. (WAVY) — A wanted man threw bags of cocaine out of his vehicle while out on bond for a separate drug arrest in Edenton, police say.
Edenton Police Chief Henry King said Anthony Sawyer was able to get away after a pursuit on Saturday, July 6 that started around 7:50 a.m. on Virginia Road near the entrance of U.S. 17.
King said Sawyer was heading south and failing to stop, and eventually threw multiple individually wrapped plastic bags of cocaine out of the driver’s side window. Police terminated the chase and investigated.
Police were able to obtain warrants for possession with the intent to sell and deliver cocaine, driving while license revoked, failure to heed blue lights and siren, and violation of a court order.
Sawyer was out on a $20,000 secured bond after a separate incident on June 28 on North Broad Street. Sawyer was stopped that time for driving with a revoked license, King says, and officers found an open bottle of beer, multiple individually wrapped bags of crack cocaine, a bag of powdered cocaine, multiple individually wrapped bags of morphine, and multiple unidentified pills that were believed to be ecstasy.
King says Sawyer has been charged numerous times in the past for driving with a revoked license and for drug offenses.
Anyone with information on Sawyer’s whereabouts is asked to contact the police department.