ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) – A 25-year-old Sturgis woman is facing numerous charges after she allegedly stole a St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Office patrol car and led police on a chase early Monday morning.
St. Joseph County Sheriff Mark A. Lillywhite say deputies were dispatched at 3:12 a.m. to Lutz Road near Hoshel Road for a single vehicle accident.
The driver was later arrested for operating while intoxicated. While the vehicle was being searched, the woman was able to slip free from her handcuffs and crawl through the petition and steal the patrol vehicle.
She then headed south on Lutz Road but when she reached the intersection of U.S. 12, the driver went off the road and struck a utility pole and several trees.
The driver then tried to make a run for it but was apprehended about 100 yards away.
Lillywhite also says the woman was later found to have originally given deputies a false name.
She was lodged at the St. Joseph County Jail for Operating While Intoxicated, Driving While her License was Suspended, Operating without insurance, Motor Vehicle Theft, Fleeing and Eluding, Resisting and Obstructing, False Identification to Police and Leaving the scene of a Property Damage Accident.
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