March 14, 2007
Brandon Haught
Public Information Office

RECKLESS DRIVER WHO NEARLY HIT DEPUTY CAUGHT 

A man who realized after watching the news that there was a fugitive in his house called the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office early Wednesday morning. Deputies were quickly dispatched to the Ormond Beach home and surrounded it. They were then able to arrest Shaune Stamper, who was wanted for driving recklessly and aiming his car directly at a deputy Tuesday afternoon.

 

Sheriff’s Office dispatchers got a call at approximately 1:03 a.m. from 1709 Carolina Ave. when a man there realized Stamper, who was sitting in the living room, was a wanted man. The residents were apparently Stamper’s friends. The first deputies arrived on scene within two minutes of being dispatched and carefully set up a perimeter around the home in the event Stamper tried to make a run for it. However, once deputies found Stamper inside, he did not resist.

 

At approximately 1:18 p.m. Tuesday, Albakri was flagged down by a woman complaining that Stamper was driving recklessly through Arroyo Mobile Home Park, 955 S. Nova Road. The deputy found the vehicle driving toward the park exit and he tried flagging it down while he was on foot. However, the car then aimed straight at the deputy, prompting him to pull out his weapon and fire two shots. The car then sped past Albakri and fled. The vehicle, which was apparently not struck by Albakri’s bullets, was later found abandoned less than a mile away, and witnesses identified 25-year-old Stamper. When Stamper was arrested the following morning, he was not injured from the previous day.

 

Stamper’s girlfriend was also arrested Wednesday morning. Amy Clough, 31, had been asked by investigators the previous day to notify the Sheriff’s Office if she learned the whereabouts of Stamper. She was found in the home with Stamper when he was captured, and she later admitted to having been with him for several hours without notifying law enforcement. The New Smyrna Beach resident was charged with resisting/obstructing an officer without violence.

 

Stamper, from Ormond Beach, was charged with aggravated assault with a motor vehicle, reckless driving and not having a valid drivers license. Additionally, he had an active violation of probation warrant. Stamper and Clough were booked into the Volusia County Branch Jail in Daytona Beach without incident.