TOWERY IN TROUBLE AGAIN.....

By Jon Mayhew

LINCOLNTON -- Some people never learn. And for a Lincolnton woman, the lesson may be a hard one to take.

Bobbi Jo Towery, 32, 312 High Street, was driving down Gaston Street Saturday afternoon around 1pm when she noticed officer Billy Burgin.

As she passed Burgin, she tried to conceal her identity. Burgin, however, said he realized it was her.

Burgin started following Towery and tried to initiate a traffic stop.

Towery, however, had other plans.

"She started speeding up," said Burgin, adding he estimated her speed at about 70 miles-per-hour.

Towery finally stopped at the intersection of Gaston and Main Streets and was taken into custody on a number of charges.

It wasn't Towery's first encounter with Burgin.

Late last year, Towery was arrested on traffic charges and taken to the magistrate's office. While she was there, she started chewing on something.

Officers asked her several times what she was chewing on. After finally admitting she was chewing on xanex, Burgin searched Towery and found a xanex baggie in her buttocks.

Towery now faces charges of driving while impaired; driving while license revoked; careless and reckless driving; driving left of center; transporting and consuming; and fleeing/eluding arrest.

Bonds on all six charges total $13,000. Towery's next court date is set for February.

Burgin also seized Towery's vehicle, a 2004 Chevy Cavalier.