Wildwood police arrested a woman with a vehicle which had been reported stolen in Ocala.
An officer spotted 28-year-old Uniqua Pearlina Mae Evans of Wildwood on Tuesday getting out of a white Ford Fusion in the 200 block of Lemon Street, according to an arrest report from the Wildwood Police Department. A check of the license plate revealed the car had been stolen from a place of business in Ocala. Evans was carrying a multi-colored small bag and began walking away from the car. She disregarded verbal commands from the officer to remain by the vehicle. When the officer attempted to restrain Evans, who stands 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighs 305 pounds, she attempted to hand off the bag to a bystander. The bystander took the bag into a nearby residence as the officer took Evans to the ground. She had the car key in her pocket.
A plastic bag was found in the car’s center console and the bag held a white powdery substance that tested positive for cocaine and fentanyl. The bag Evans had also been carrying was recovered and held plastic bags containing a similar powdery substance.
She was arrested on charges of grand theft of a motor vehicle, possession of cocaine and resisting arrest. She was booked at the Sumter County Detention Center on $5,000 bond.
In 2020, Evans was arrested on a theft charge at Wal-Mart at Buffalo Ridge Plaza in The Villages.