Stanton remains at large

By CATHY HIGGINS onlooker@gulfcoastnewspapers.com
Posted 12/13/12

SUMMERDALE — Two weeks after Victor LaShawn Stanton led Summerdale Police on a high-speed chase and eluded them, the 35-year-old Mobile resident remains at large.

“Everybody and their brother is looking for him,” Summerdale Police Chief …

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Stanton remains at large

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SUMMERDALE — Two weeks after Victor LaShawn Stanton led Summerdale Police on a high-speed chase and eluded them, the 35-year-old Mobile resident remains at large.

“Everybody and their brother is looking for him,” Summerdale Police Chief Eddie Ingram said in a phone interview.

That’s because, as previously reported, Stanton allegedly drove a 2005 silver Ford F150 pick-up truck to a routine check-point stop at the intersection of County Roads 28 and 55 on Saturday, Dec. 1. The stop was a periodic exercise in which Summerdale Police check for valid driver’s licenses and insurance. However, Stanton and his two passengers, 25-year-old Megan Belinda Brumit of Foley and Desirae Lashae Northcutt of Bon Secour, allegedly appeared nervous and evasive. In addition, the officers reported detecting a smell like marijuana emitting from the vehicle. Therefore, they asked Stanton to pull his truck off the road. Instead, he allegedly pulled away at a high speed, knocking one officer back into a ditch and driving in the direction of a second officer.

Ingram said in a previous report that this led to a high-speed chase, during which time officers allegedly witnessed what appeared to be contraband being thrown out of the windows of the truck. The chase ended in a Foley residential area with Stanton escaping on foot and Brumit Northcutt unsuccessfully attempting to continue to flee in the truck when the vehicle’s engine locked up. A three-hour search for Stanton that also involved Foley Police, Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office and a K-9 officer proved unsuccessful.

Since then, authorities have received no leads to Stanton’s whereabouts, despite alerting law enforcement across the nation of the situation.

“Nothing,” Ingram said. “Not a thing.”

The one development in the case is re-arrest of Brumit last week, whom Ingram identified as Stanton’s girlfriend.

“She was charged with hindering an investigation,” the Summerdale Police Chief said. “We had information that she was helping him (Stanton).”

Upon arrest, Brumit was transported to Foley Jail, where she bonded out and is awaiting a court date.

Ingram warns area residents against providing Stanton with additional help in eluding arrest.

“He is considered armed and dangerous,” the police chief said.

In addition, Ingram said, doing so is a crime.

“Anybody at all that helps him (Stanton) or has helped him will be charged,” he said.

Stanton has a previous police record that includes 50 prior arrests, ranging from robbery to kidnapping. Upon arrest for Saturday’s incident, he will face felony charges that include two counts of attempted assault in the first degree on law-enforcement officers.

“Stanton is still believed to be in the area,” Ingram said. “Anyone with information on Victor Stanton is encouraged to notify your local law enforcement agency immediately.”