article_snippet.sent: Patrick O’Melia, 39, a deputy with the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office, was flagged down while Justin Braddock was on patrol near DeLand in Florida and asked to help Justin Braddock.
article_snippet.sent: Patrick O'Melia was later caught by deputies as Patrick O'Melia ran away from Florida Hospital.
article_snippet.sent: Mr O'Melia, who had worked as a deputy in the Sheriff's Office for just nine months, was flagged down for help by Miss Boan at about 4pm on Sunday afternoon.
article_snippet.sent: Mr O'Melia was flagged down in New York Avenue in DeLand (left) by Justin Braddock's sister Kelly Boan (right)
article_snippet.sent: However Mr O'Melia bid for freedom was short lived as Mr O'Melia tripped and fell and was captured.
highlights_snippet.sent: Patrick O'Melia flagged down by Kelly Boan after Justin Braddock took heroin .
  