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High-speed chase ends in arrest

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The chase ended in front of a home in the 4700 block of East Adela Court in Palmdale. (Photo by LUIS MEZA)
The chase ended in front of a home in the 4700 block of East Adela Court in Palmdale. (Photo by LUIS MEZA)

PALMDALE – A high-speed pursuit through the Antelope Valley ended with a female driver in custody early Wednesday morning, authorities said.

The 25-minute pursuit reached speeds of 85 miles-per-hour on the northbound lanes of the Antelope Valley (14) Freeway and Pearblossom (SR 138) Highway, according to California Highway Patrol Officer Francisco Villalobos.

The chase continued on surface streets in Palmdale and ended without incident around 1:20 a.m. near Adela Court, Villalobos said.

The female driver was given a field sobriety test, and then she was handcuffed and taken into custody. (LUIS MEZA)
The female driver was given a field sobriety test, and then she was handcuffed and taken into custody. (LUIS MEZA)

It all began shortly before 1 a.m. Wednesday, when a CHP officer spotted a white Chrysler 300 that was speeding and unable to maintain a lane on the 14 Freeway, near Via Princessa and Sand Canyon Road, according to officers at the scene.

The CHP officer attempted a traffic stop; but the vehicle slowed down and then fled the traffic stop, triggering a high-speed pursuit on the northbound 14 Freeway, according to a CHP broadcast.

The suspect’s vehicle exited at Pearblossom Highway in Palmdale. It headed eastbound on surface streets before stopping in front of a home in the 4700 block of East Adela Court in Palmdale, according to the CHP broadcast.

The female driver was given a field sobriety test, and then she was handcuffed and taken into custody. Her car was impounded. The driver’s name was not immediately released Wednesday.

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22 comments for "High-speed chase ends in arrest"

  1. I have a few viable options.
    1. Drink and have someone else drive,
    2. Don’t drink;drive with a dose of common sense,
    3. or Drink and Drive and go directly to jail.

  3. They should have gone up side her head with the billy clubs. Pepper spray her first though and maybe hit her with the taser for a little bit. Then some billy club action.

  4. I’m glad that officers take drunk driving so serious… I was recently pulled over and gave officers my full cooperation knowing that they only wanted to see up close if I was intoxicated or not… I was doing a 2am fast food run… High speed and intoxication in the AV is a deadly combo.. (I’m Black for the record, and I don’t defend crimes that other blacks commit… Laws are there for everyone’s safety)

  5. Love the above comments. People fail to realize that possessing a driver license is a privelidge, not a right. And good luck refusing field sobriety tests thinking it will save you from a DUI. When obtaining a driver license, you agree to a breathalyzer or blood draw. These are not your roads people. If you don’t like the rules then Go buy some property in Rosamond and drive drunk all you want in the middle of the desert.

  6. She broke the law endangered lives and you idiots defend her cause she’s “black” stop with the cop outs pull your big girl panties back up on your ass and get on with your bad self.

  8. So she goes on a 25 minute high speed pursuit, endangers the public & officers…. and it appears to me she was allowed to park her car nicely in a driveway and submit to a field sobriety test before being thrown in the back seat? This is almost comical. Maybe they should’ve offered a bottle of water and Tylenol to her to! And seriously… is she pregnant?

  9. By looking at the pictures that were published in this article, I am able to make an educated guess to why this woman has driven her car all the way to the East side of Palmdale. Due to the fact that she was going to have her vehicle impounded at the scene, she figured that if she drives her car to a location where she can park it (i.e. her driveway), law enforcement won’t have to impound her vehicle. She is wrong. Because this turned out to a pursuit, I doubt they will give her a break and not impound her vehicle. Some people can be very stupid and stupid people make stupid decisions.

  10. People often don’t know that they can politely decline to take a roadside sobriety test, but must take a breathalyzer test without losing your license. When they ask and you take the roadside test they are just building a case against you. Don’t give them the fuel to the fire… Or burn you at the roadside.

    • That’s the dumbest thing to tell people not to submit to a field sobriety test. It is required by DMV rules. Don’t worry though the officer will read it to you verbatim telling you that if you refuse any portion, you will lose your license for a year.