A Chattooga County woman has been arrested in connection with an incident that happened last month in Habersham County at Lee Arrendale State Prison.  Leticia Erika Perry of Summerville is accused of hitting a corrections officer in a Ford F-15o pickup truck with her Lexus automobile and then fleeing from the scene on foot.

Officials say that the the corrections officer, William Edgar Hitchcock was investigating a suspected contraband drop at the prison fence on May 24th.

Officers were investigating an area on Shore Circle west of Mt. Zion Church Road, where they’d found a 2008 Lexus RX stopped off the roadway with the lights off. When Hitchcock tried to speak to the driver, she reportedly drove off, hitting Hitchcock on his left side and leg area, then hitting the prison truck he had been driving.

According to deputies, Perry and Devonte Jenkins of Dalton had been throwing drugs over a gate at Lee Arrendale Prison. The Lexus became disabled and Perry and Jenkins ran away on foot. Georgia State Patrol officers then searched for both Perry and Jenkins, arresting Jenkins near the Cornelia and Baldwin city limits, according to deputies. He was charged with possession of prohibited items by a state inmate, bringing contraband across guard lines, two counts of possession of a controlled substance, illegal possession of a controlled substance and possession of methamphetamine.

Perry remained at large until mid-June.

The Floyd County Sheriff’s Office said that they found Perry, arrested her, and took her to the Habersham County Detention Center on Friday.

Perry was charged with aggravated assault, criminal interference with government property, two counts of possession of a controlled substance, failure to report an accident, seatbelt violation, and driving while license was suspended or revoked, according to deputies.

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