Woman accused of striking APD cruiser waives preliminary hearing; released on unsecured bail
SUBMITTED PHOTO - Damage to an Ashland Police cruiser is seen Friday after a pursuit.
ASHLAND – The woman accused of striking an Ashland police car with her van is free after waiving her preliminary hearing Thursday, as her charges were waived for court and her bail changed to unsecured.
Sade Hill, 26, of 203 Walnut Street, is facing felony charges of fleeing a police officer and aggravated assault along with misdemeanor reckless endangerment after a police pursuit last Friday.
Hill was set to appear on those charges before Magisterial District Judge Edward Tarantelli for a preliminary hearing Thursday. She waived her right to that hearing.
All of her charges were waived for Schuylkill County Court and her bail was changed from $50,000 cash to $50,000 unsecured and she was released from county prison.
Hill is accused of striking an Ashland Police cruiser after police were attempting to stop her and her passenger, Torre Ervin, 33, also of 203 Walnut Street following a sting operation involving the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms.
Ashland Police Chief Gerard Daley pulled his Ford Police Interceptor Utility across Centre Street to block Hill’s Chrysler Town and Country and, instead of stopping, she rammed the cruiser, police said, causing heavy damage. Daley was not injured, but the police car had to be towed.
Hill then fled at a high rate of speed down Centre Street and onto Hoffman Boulevard, leaving town.
Ervin, police said, threw two straw-purchased handguns into the Mahanoy Creek along Hoffman Boulevard during the chase.
Ervin remains in county prison and is set to appear before Tarantelli for a preliminary hearing on May 31 at 1:15pm, facing more than two dozen felony gun and conspiracy charges.
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