The Orange County Criminal Lawyer Blog
Early last week, a Colorado woman who reportedly dodged the police multiple times was arrested for over a dozen charges when they finally caught her.
On January 27, Mesa County sheriff’s deputies spotted a vehicle that had escaped from them several times when they tried to pull them over. When they eventually located the car and tried to talk to the woman behind the wheel she took off. The authorities decided to try to capture her, so additional deputies assisted and formed a perimeter around the neighborhood with their cars to keep her from going too far. Shortly after, they saw the vehicle had been abandoned at a residence in the area.
While still in the neighborhood, the deputies encountered a vehicle without headlights. They got the driver to stop, and she reportedly gave the officers the wrong name and told them she borrowed the car from a relative. When they learned the address of the vehicle’s registered owner, they went to the home and reported that the individual said they did not loan the car to anyone.
The woman was taken into custody and booked into the Mesa County Detention Facility. She is facing multiple preliminary charges including three counts of vehicular eluding, three counts of reckless driving, three counts of careless driving, two counts of speeding 40 MPH or more over the speed limit, and one count each of speeding 25-30 MPH over the speed limit, first-degree criminal trespass with the intent to commit a crime, second-degree burglary – theft of drugs, third-degree motor vehicle theft, theft from a building between $300 and $1000, driving while ability impaired by alcohol, drugs or both, false reporting of identifying information to law enforcement, obstructing a peace officer, firefighter or emergency personnel, driving under restraint, and a probation violation. When this was written, she was being held in lieu of an $11,250 cash bond.
If you or someone you love is suspected of a criminal offense, contact Orange County criminal defense lawyer Staycie R. Sena at (949) 477-8088 for a consultation now.