Amanda L. Cox, 30, of 9685 Township Road 29, East Liberty, was arrested today on warrants for three counts of theft from a person in a protected class and a Champaign County warrant for failure to appear.
She was in a room at Super 8 Motel, 1117 N. Main St., climbed out a window and ran toward Hunter Place around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Officers of the Bellefontaine Police Department deployed a drone equipped with specialized cameras to track her down in a wooded area around 12:05 a.m. today. She was found lying on the ground in an effort to avoid detection.
She was lodged in the Logan County Jail.
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