August 08, 2012
A topless woman led police on a high-speed chase through Miami.
A woman says she didn't pull over because she wasn't wearing a top.
A Miami woman set off a high-speed police chase worthy of a Hollywood action movie when she refused to stop after police caught her speeding because she was topless.
The driver told police ‘‘she was topless to surprise her boyfriend’’, a spokesman for the Marion County sheriff’s office, in northern Florida, said.
According to the police report, the incident occurred on Saturday when Mandy Ramsey was spotted by a patrol car zooming well above the speed limit.
The officer set off behind her, intending to pull her over in a routine traffic stop, which typically includes a fine.
But Ramsey, far from stopping, hit the accelerator and tried to ditch her police tail with several abrupt changes of route - blowing by a stop sign and clipping an oak tree before continuing on.
Several other patrol cars joined the chase and, when the dark-coloured pick-up truck dipped out of sight, a police helicopter became involved.
The helicopter quickly found the truck at a house where Ramsey had finally stopped.
Though the vehicle was registered to someone else - boyfriend, James Woodard - Ramsey admitted to police she had been driving, saying she hadn’t wanted to stop while partially nude.
The 35-year-old was ‘‘charged with fleeing and eluding law enforcement’’, police said, adding that she spent two nights in jail before being released on Monday on $US5000 ($A4750) bond.
AFP
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