ROANOKE COUNTY, Va. – Shawn Tolbert, a man at the center of a multi-county manhunt, has been sentenced to 2 years in prison with one year suspended for eluding the police.
Tolbert pleaded guilty to the felony charge in the Roanoke City Circuit Court Thursday morning.
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As we’ve reported previously, Tolbert was on the run for 20 days after being involved in a police chase that began in Botetourt County and ended in a crash in Craig County.
On Aug. 30, 2022, he was taken into custody by the Dublin Police Department after hiding out inside a bus parked behind a Dublin man’s home. The man didn’t know that Tolbert was being sought by police.
[READ MORE: ‘I had no idea he was a fugitive:’ Search for Shawn Tolbert ends in the backyard of Dublin man’s home]
Tolbert was charged in several different jurisdictions, including Craig County, Pulaski County, Montgomery County and Roanoke County.
