Suspect, 19, steals patrol car after crawling through cage

AUGUSTA - A handcuffed 19-year-old arrested during an early morning traffic stop escaped from a back-seat patrol car cage, stole the vehicle and injured a deputy Wednesday, authorities said. <br> <br> Robert Willie Cason III of Augusta crawled through a cage window from the back while Deputy Jason Youngblood was standing outside, Richmond County sheriff&#39;s Maj. Ken Autry said. <br> <br> Cason - who was wanted for violating probation - aimed the vehicle at the deputy, hitting the officer and breaking his right hand, Autry said. <br> <br> Youngblood fired two shots, and Cason wrecked the car nearby, jumped out and ran. He later got out of the handcuffs but was arrested after an eight-hour search. He remained jailed Wednesday night on charges of aggravated assault on a police officer, theft by taking and escape. <br> <br> Autry said the sheriff&#39;s department is reviewing its patrol cars. <br> <br> ``We&#39;re looking at the design of the window to see if we need to change the type of cage we have on the vehicle or make some modifications,&#39;&#39; he said.