ONSET -- She eluded police for more than a day, but officers -- with the help of a police dog -- captured 18-year-old Gina Giovangelo near a wooded area this afternoon. Giovangelo is facing motor vehicle homicide charges after she allegedly failed to stop after striking Lillian White, 47, Tuesday night in Hyannis. White, who was in a wheelchair when she was hit, died several hours later. The police arrested Giovangelo, who lives at 73 Vandermint Lane, after they questioned her Thursday evening — two nights after the crash. She was released on $10000 cash bail and ordered to appear in Barnstable District Court Friday morning for her arraignment. But shortly after she entered court yesterday morning, Giovangelo left to go outside to have a cigarette and never returned. Barnstable District Court Judge Don Carpenter issued a warrant for her arrest. Police canvassed the Cape for more than a day, chasing a number of leads from people who reported seeing her. A woman who lives in the Fairway Drive and Roberta Drive in Onset said she saw police capture Giovangelo this afternoon. "She was alone at the time," said the woman, who asked not to be named. "They got her by using a police dog and chasing her in the woods." Investigators had identified Giovangelo's vehicle, a 2007 Nissan Altima, through surveillance footage at the Holly Tree Resort Hotel on Route 28 in West Yarmouth, where she had been seen before and after the crash, according to a police report. And several ...
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