Woman thought she could not be arrested at home

Ananova ^ | 30th May 2003

[Ethan Clive Osgoode]

A US woman led police on a high-speed police chase to her house - because she thought she could not be arrested at home.

The woman, of Alexandria, Louisiana, told officers she had seen someone avoid arrest in a similar manner on a TV show, reports The Town Talk newspaper.

But once she pulled into her driveway, officers from four agencies surrounded and arrested her and she now faces charges including speeding, reckless driving, and failure to give way to an emergency vehicle.

The chase began when a police officer noticed the woman's car did not have a licence plate, so he attempted to pull her over but the car sped up and joined a motorway.

By the time the 95mph chase entered Alexandria, officers with the Louisiana State Police, Alexandria Police Department and Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office were involved.

Police chief James Gonzales says the woman pulled into her driveway and got out of her car as if nothing had happened.

[CougarGA7]

I bet when she was a kid she thought "If I cant see them, they cant see me" so when she would play hide and seek, she would just put a bag over her head.

Another brain donor runs afoul.

[Constitution Day]

Good grief! What did she think, it's like a game of tag?

Neener neener neener!! I'm on base!

[Zavien Doombringer]

[almcbean]

Maybe she had just seen The Hunchback of Notre Dame. "Sanctuary"

[from occupied ga]

I would say that the democrats just lost a vote, but being dead doesn't stop them from voting Democrat, I'd suspect being incarcerated wouldn't stop them either.

[dogbyte12]

Hasn't she ever watched cops, seen the results of a no knock warrant?

Maybe she is too stupid to be out in the free world, and needs the state to give her three squares and a bed.

[camle]

blonde?

[Drango]

stupid woman...you can't be arrested at home only if you have garlic hanging on all your windows.

[Clinging Bitterly]

Well it isn't so far fetched.
There was a time not long ago, at least in Oregon, they coudn't tresspass on your private property to issue a ticket for a traffic violation.

A friend of mine thought he got away that way one time, but they just mailed him the ticket.

I suppose there are still states where it's set up that way, but once a traffic incident rises to the level of a crime, all bets are off. I think that's pretty well settled everywhere.

Dave in Eugene

[nravoter]

"But once she pulled into her driveway, officers from four agencies surrounded and arrested her..."

What a dolt! I can't believe she didn't know that you have to yell "Red Light" to make them stop!

[dighton]

I bet when she was a kid she thought "If I cant see them, they cant see me" so when she would play hide and seek, she would just put a bag over her head.

‘Invisible’ bank robber arrested

IRANIAN police have arrested a man who calmly walked into a bank and attempted to rob it while convinced he was invisible, the Jam-e-Jam newspaper reported.

The paper said customers at the Tehran bank were stunned to see the man stride into the bank and begin to help himself to large quantities of banknotes.

The man, whose identity was not given, was quickly overpowered before police were called. But appearing in court, he tearfully told the judge that he had been the victim of a con.

“I had recently been to see a Muslim holy man, because I was looking for a way to get rich. He made me pay five million rials ($A1,115) for a parchment that made me invisible,” he was quoted as saying.

The paper said the man had been jailed, while police were hunting the swindling sorcerer.

AAP

[CougarGA7]

Must have been all those Rails that started floating in the air that gave him away.

[Conspiracy Guy]

I hope she is childless with no plans to reproduce. Too many stupid people already.

[SMEDLEYBUTLER]

arrested

[Amore]

Agreed. Maybe if she'd driven more wildly she could have been a Darwin Award winner. So close . . . .

[aardvark1]

I was thinking maybe she saw it on Bugs Bunny.

[scooter2]

When I was a cop, I stopped a woman for speeding who insisted I could not write her a citation because she did not live in my city. It took me ten minutes to explain to her that it didn't make any difference where she lived, she broke the law in my town and she WAS going to get a ticket. I'll omit her resonse for the sake of mixed readership.

[TC Rider]

A friend of mine thought he got away that way one time, but they just mailed him the ticket.

My father-in-law, now deceased, was a 18-wheel truck driver. He got into some problem in VA over weight or whatnot. When he got home to KY, he told my Mother-in-law not to accept any registered letters from VA.

I gather that a few summons were sent registered mail and refused and sent back. Then they sent one with 'Lottery Commission' printed on the envelope.

Gotcha! He never took any job going through VA after that.

[DonQ]

Maybe she had just seen The Hunchback of Notre Dame. "Sanctuary"

In case anyone was wondering, the notion of sanctuary - immunity from arrest or other legal process - inside a church has ceased to exist in England for at least five centuries and never took hold in America.

However, until about 30 years ago, New York had some silly rule that legal process - complaints in civil suits - couldn't be served on Sundays; this was one reason that Congressman Adam Clayton Powell, who was being sued for libel in a NY court, only came back to his district on Sundays (until, of course, the papers were actually served on him, after which there wasn't any point in staying away during the week).