Video: Fla. Woman Slips Out of Handcuffs, Tries Escaping Cruiser

Body camera and in-car video show a woman slipping out of her handcuffs and trying to get out of a Flagler County Sheriff's Office cruiser after being arrested during a domestic disturbance investigation.

What to Know

  • A woman arrested after a domestic disturbance in Palm Coast allegedly slipped out of her handcuffs while in the back of a Flagler County Sheriff's Office cruiser and tried to get out before deputies restrained her again.
  • Deputies responded to a dispute involving a man attempting to move out of a home, and investigators say the woman pushed him and prevented him from leaving before becoming uncooperative and belligerent with deputies.
  • The woman faces multiple charges, including domestic battery, false imprisonment, resisting an officer with violence and battery on a law enforcement officer, after allegedly kicking a deputy and resisting arrest twice.

A woman arrested during a domestic disturbance slipped out of her handcuffs and tried to get out of the back of a cruiser before Florida deputies were able to secure her again.

The incident happened just before 5 p.m. Saturday when Flagler County sheriff's deputies responded to a call at a Palm Coast house about a domestic disturbance stemming from a verbal argument, the agency stated in a news release that included body camera footage of the call. When deputies reached the scene, a man told them that he was trying to move out, and a woman—later identified as Sofiya Zvarych—had pushed him and briefly prevented him from leaving.

When a deputy tried speaking to Zvarych about her account of the incident, she was uncooperative and said she would only speak with a female deputy. She then slammed the door shut.

A second attempt was made to talk to Zvarych, but she became belligerent with the deputy. She was arrested for domestic battery and false imprisonment, resisting arrest and kicking a deputy in the thigh.

Zvarych was handcuffed and put in the back of a cruiser. While in the cruiser, she slipped out of her handcuffs, and footage from a camera in the vehicle shows her trying to open the door and banging on the back window.

Zvarych resisted arrest again as deputies put her in handcuffs a second time. As she was placed inside the cruiser, she began name-calling and cursing at the deputies.

“Our deputies came to calm down a verbal dispute, and she chose to thank them with a foul mouth and then thought she could kick her way out of being arrested and slipped her handcuffs,” Sheriff Rick Staly said in a statement. “But she’s no Harry Houdini, and those magic tricks never work. Fighting with our deputies just adds charges and guarantees a trip to the Green Roof Inn.”

Zvarych was arrested for domestic battery, false imprisonment, resisting an officer with violence and battery on a law enforcement officer. She was later released on $8,000 bond.

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Joe Vince

Joining Endeavor Business Media in 2018, Joe has worked on the company's city services publications. He began working at OFFICER.com as the assistant editor. Before starting at Endeavor, Joe had worked for a variety of print and online news outlets, including the Indianapolis Star, the South Bend Tribune, Reddit and Patch.com.
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