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Court records spell Chalmers' name both "Stefanie" and "Stephanie," and a police records check while she was in custody returned hits with both spellings, said Kammie Michael, a police spokeswoman. But none of those hits included a "wanted" flag, which is what would lead a police officer to the outstanding summonses, Michael said.
It isn't clear why the "wanted" flag didn't come up; a new police department dispatch and records computer system may be the culprit, Michael said.
The Chalmers name wouldn't necessarily have been immediately obvious when the summonses were taken out in 2003 because they were done by loss prevention employees at a Durham Wal-Mart and a Charlotte Winn-Dixie market, where the checks were written.
"Because they weren't taken out by police officers, they wouldn't necessarily know it was the chief's daughter," Michael said.
The two bad checks amounted to $115, court records show.
Stefanie Chalmers was arrested Tuesday on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon, inflicting serious injury. She is accused of striking a woman with a car one night in late April outside a home on Rhyn Court in northern Durham.
Chalmers was released on unsecured bail into her mother's custody, court records show.
Two days later, Chalmers, of 108 N. Guthrie Ave., failed to appear in traffic court on a citation for parking in a handicapped parking space on North Roxboro Road in April.
Yeah, that's the ticket! Being the Chief of Police's daughter had absolutely nothing to do with it!
"That's my story and I'm sticking to it!"