A naked woman stole a sheriff’s department pickup truck Thursday and led law enforcement officers on an estimated 70-mile high-speed chase on two Arizona highways before she was taken into custody, authorities said.
The unidentified woman was disrobed, disoriented and claimed she had been sexually assaulted when a Maricopa County sheriff’s deputy responded to a 9 a.m. call about a naked woman at a gas station in Gila Bend along Interstate 8, authorities said.
The deputy put the pickup truck in park with the engine running as he tried to find the woman clothes in the gas station, authorities said. The woman then got into the vehicle and drove off.
The deputy jumped on the truck’s running board before being knocked off. He was treated at a hospital for injuries on his right side and released, sheriff’s Chief Deputy Ben Henry said.
The woman drove the stolen truck above 100 mph at times as she got onto Interstate 10 headed to Tucson, he said.
Arizona Department of Public Safety troopers and law enforcement authorities from Pinal County and Eloy put spike strips on the road that shredded at least one of the vehicle’s tires. The chase ended near Eloy when the woman sideswiped a car on the freeway and struck a median.
The woman got out of the vehicle and wouldn’t comply with orders, Henry said. Fearing that she might step into the roadway, authorities shot the woman in the legs with bean bags to subdue her before she was taken to a hospital for examination and evaluation.
Sheriff’s investigators planned to talk to the woman about the sexual assault allegation, but Henry said she faces numerous charges in the vehicle theft incident.
The deputy had his body camera on when the incident began, and authorities have watched the gas station’s surveillance video.
“He was just trying to get her clothed. You can see the concern,” Henry said.
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
Only in Gila Bend ARIZ0NA! More Lizards n Snakes than People! ☆ Stole Truck, headed to Tucson…Goes North to l-10..Didn’t take l-8 due East to Casa Grande n Eloy- l-10 junction; Definitely N0T a Native…Probably hitched from CA n got kicked out of that ride in G.Bend!
Looking forward to seeing a photo of this lady…just for kicks.
Probably an illegal ~~~~~~~
That’s what I was thinking. How do you run a story like this, and not have pics to go with it?!
Yeah…would’ve been good to have seen a few pics…better still, a video clip!
She must have been a pretty good looking gal – no wonder she got chased at 100 mph! Guess if anyone other than the cops had chased and caught her, they’d have been charged with…something!
with or without???
Felony. She’ll probably get off doing 30 days community service in some politicians pick up truck.
Her name is Tatita Vaginez !
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How the f**k would you know?
you two are sad – its obviously a joke/pun – Ta-TIT-a VAGINE-z DUH!
Was that her name or what the police saw between her legs.
Exactly,…LOL
Didn’t know Mariha Cary took her N.Y.Eve perfomance on a gas station tour. She’s a consummate disoriented, nude performer, using back up dancers instead if a traditional brass pole in her act ! ( The cop wasn’t looking for her clothes. He was looking for change for a “5”.)