Police1: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A woman was taken into custody Wednesday morning after authorities said she stole a Birmingham police cruiser and led lawmen on a lengthy interstate chase.
Police identified the woman as 35-year-old Leah Nicole Letson. Authorities said she robbed an elderly man moments before she stole the police cruiser.
The incident began about 9:45 a.m. when an officer observed a vehicle stopped in the middle of the road on Jefferson Avenue on the city’s west side with what appeared to be an altercation going on inside the vehicle between a male and a female. Sgt. Rod Mauldin said a female suspect was detained and secured with handcuffs inside the patrol unit. read more
There once was three ladies from Birmingham
and this is the story concerning one of them…
Where’s the mug shot? I don’t know which way to figure out the brand.
‘The theft came just four days after a Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service truck was stolen from the bay at Station 8 in Kingston.’
You NEVER take the keys out of an emergency vehicle, even if it has any to begin with. Too hard to explain that someone died because the keys rode out in the outgoing shift’s pocket.
That said, you CAN close the bay doors, since you could always drive through them closed if need be. Not pretty, but repairable, and not going to seriously damage your vehicle. But if the cops can’t catch someone in a large, bright red vehicle that accellerates like a slug and corners like a turd, then I’m not surprised they have so much trouble capturing an intercept vehicle…
Okay, Florida, it’s your turn.
Handcuffed and still drives better than Danica Patrick.
… suspect was able to manipulate cuffs to the front… as she was raised by famous carney family
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That headline doesn’t quite make sense. Wasn’tshe already in custody, but escaped?
5’4″ @ 180 lbs. but still limber enough to get the cuffs up front?
DAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMNNNNNNNN!
izlamo delenda est …
In my best horse racing announcer voice: “Florida man is in the lead, but Alabama woman is gaining on the outside”.
“Altercation inside a car”, robbed an “elderly man”? Cough cough…hooker…cough cough.
I love stories like this. Better than any TV show