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A 34-year-old Georgia woman who was believed to be intoxicated is facing many charges after reportedly leaving her youngsters at a fire department and forcing the police to chase her as she drove away.

According to reports, late in the afternoon on March 23, a woman who was believed to be intoxicated and her two young children were passengers in a vehicle, when the driver was pulled over and arrested for driving under the influence. Just after 1:00 AM the following morning, the woman, again with her youngsters as passengers in the vehicle, drove to a fire station in Meldrim. She reportedly parked her car and passed out, and when she was seen by the firefighters, they went to see what was going on.

They reported that the woman looked like she had passed out, so they took the children out of the vehicle. She woke up and allegedly told the first responders that she had consumed a lot of alcohol, and then drove away and left the youngsters behind. They were able to trail her until sheriff’s deputies joined the pursuit and eventually used a PIT maneuver to force her to stop. The deputies reported that they found several alcohol containers in the car.

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A Florida woman who was reportedly driving under the influence with drugs in her car allegedly nearly slammed into a police vehicle when she reportedly tried to speed away from pursuing officers.

On the morning of January 19, a 30-year-old Cape Coral woman was sitting in the car in a local Dollar Tree parking lot. At the same time, Cape Coral police officers showed up after they were told someone was stealing a vehicle from the location. When they spotted the woman, they headed towards her car, and she allegedly sped out of the lot after nearly striking a police vehicle.

According to reports, as the police pursued her, the woman drove erratically until she struck the center divider, and it rendered her car undriveable. Before officers reached her, she allegedly started running in the opposite direction. An officer with a K9 chased after her, and when she reportedly continued fleeing, the dog was released. The woman halted, and the officer called off the K9. They handcuffed her, and the officers reported that they found fentanyl and paraphernalia around the path on which the woman was running, and they asserted that it belonged to her.

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A Southern California man was arrested after he was accused of driving under the influence after allegedly causing a crash involving multiple vehicles and reportedly trying to bite responding officers.

Late in the afternoon on March 1, a 49-year-old man was driving a blue Prius in Los Angeles when he allegedly ran a red light and caused an accident involving three vehicles. Someone who saw the crash notified the authorities, and officers from the Los Angeles Police Department went to the location. When they arrived, the driver of the Prius was standing on the sidewalk with blood coming from his head and dripping down his face.

The man was informed that the police believed he had been driving under the influence, and they decided to double handcuff him after verbally noting that he was large. When they tried to put him in the police car, he reportedly fell on the ground and told the officers he was in pain. They continued trying to get him into the vehicle, but he allegedly tried to fight them off. Shortly after, a Los Angeles Fire Department Rescue Ambulance brought him to the hospital.

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The father of a 16-year-old girl is facing numerous charges after he allegedly drove her to school while intoxicated and then reportedly crashed into vehicles and left the scene.

On the morning of October 15, a man from Waverly, New York, gave his 16-year-old daughter a ride to school. After they arrived and she got out of the vehicle, the girl’s father pulled away and was involved in an accident with two parked cars. According to reports, he drove off after causing the crash, but someone near the scene saw what happened and wrote down his license plate number.

The authorities were notified about the alleged hit-and-run and were told that the cars involved were heavily damaged. Officers from the Waverly Police Department went to the scene to investigate, and the bystander shared the license plate number with them. They used the information collected, and it led them to a residence where the vehicle with the matching plate was parked. It was reported that when the driver talked to them, the officers believed he was intoxicated. They also learned that his teenage daughter had been a passenger in the car prior to the crash and asserted that he put her in danger by having her in the vehicle.

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A 9-year-old boy was severely injured and left unconscious after his mother, who left the scene without him, got into a car crash that the police believe was caused by her driving under the influence of alcohol.

Early in the morning on October 9, a 39-year-old woman was driving her vehicle in a residential neighborhood in Dallas with her son riding as a passenger in the back seat. The mother, who was allegedly speeding at the time, reportedly slammed into two vehicles parked on the side of the road. People came out of their homes to see what happened, and they reported that the woman was yelling, and she seemed to be trying to start the wrecked vehicle.

A woman, later identified as the driver’s sister, drove up and tried to help put the unconscious boy in her vehicle, but it proved to be too much of a struggle. When first responders got to the scene, both women left in the sister’s car and left the youngster behind.

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A Utah teenager is being held without bail after allegedly driving recklessly while under the influence and forcing the police to chase him while he drove over 120 MPH.

On September 13, an 18-year-old with a learner’s permit was driving a Dodge Charger with three passengers in the vehicle. He pulled into a Maverick gas station and parked in front of a pump. The car reportedly had no license plate, and it caught the attention of an officer from the Santaquin Police Department. As soon as the Charger left the parking lot, the officer got behind it and tried to initiate a traffic stop.

According to reports, instead of pulling over, the driver entered the onramp to I-15. The officer continued to follow, and he noted that the vehicle was being driven over 120 MPH. The driver entered an offramp, and the car slid down an embankment. The people in the automobile reportedly began running, but the police quickly caught them.

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A delivery driver working in a Northeast Miami-Dade neighborhood was arrested following a hit-and-run that left a mother and her 6-month-old son injured.

On the morning of August 22, a 45-year-old woman was driving what was believed to be an Amazon delivery vehicle and making package deliveries in the Aventura Isles gated community. At the same time, a 30-year-old woman was pushing her youngster in a stroller and walking her dog when she began to cross the street using the crosswalk. At the same time, the delivery driver was making a sharp left turn. The SUV struck the mother and child, and the impact caused the mother to fall onto the ground, and the infant was thrown out of the stroller. According to reports, before she drove away, the driver got out of the vehicle and put the 3-year-old, who was crying, back in his stroller.

A nurse who lived near the accident site heard the baby crying, and when she saw the mother lying in the street, she went outside to try to assist the alleged victims until the paramedics arrived. When they got there, they took the woman and child to Memorial Regional Hospital for treatment.

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A man with a two-year-old in his vehicle reportedly hit double digits when leading the police on a high-speed chase before he ditched his car and took off on foot with the toddler.

Just after midnight on June 14, a 21-year-old man from Lawrenceville, Georgia, was driving a BMW down Interstate 85 with a toddler passenger. Officers from the Gwinnett Police Department were working at a security checkpoint watching for reckless drivers and people driving under the influence when they spotted the BMW. They reported that the driver was traveling over 100 MPH, and when they tried to perform a traffic stop, he did not pull over.

The driver reportedly increased his speed and eventually turned off his headlights in an alleged attempt to dodge the pursuing police. An aviation unit was sent to assist, and they were able to find the vehicle. The man soon pulled over and reportedly decided to continue his attempt to slip away from the authorities. When he got out of the car, he was seen carrying something as he ran away.

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A shirtless, intoxicated man was arrested in a Virginia auto auction lot after allegedly trying to steal multiple vehicles while trespassing on the premises.

Just before midnight on May 23, a man strolled onto the property of the Manheim Fredericksburg Wholesale Auto Auction though signs were reportedly clearly posted to inform the public that only authorized personnel were permitted to be on the lot. Employees spotted the alleged trespasser, who was not wearing a shirt, and they notified the authorities.

It was reported that they watched as he allegedly sat in the driver’s seat of a Toyota. Afterward, he got out and switched to a Ford F-150, but this time he started the ignition and began driving. At the same time, a deputy with the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office arrived.

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Three Oregonians are facing several charges after they reportedly became engaged in an incident involving road rage with another driver and ripped him out of his vehicle before attacking him.

Late in the morning on December 28, three people from Roseburg, Oregon, were driving locally in a Chevrolet Avalanche. A 54-year-old woman was behind the wheel, and she was carrying two male passengers, both aged 32. They reportedly came across someone driving an RV, and the woman allegedly slammed into it with her vehicle and tried to run it off the road.

The driver of the RV and the woman driving the Avalanche pulled to the side of the street and stopped their vehicles. The men in the Avalanche reportedly got out of the truck and entered the RV without permission. While inside, they allegedly put a rope around the driver’s neck and pulled him outside. One of the men allegedly continued binding the man with the rope, while the other reportedly took the RV and parked it down the road.

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