The female driver who led Garland police officers on a slow-speed chase Monday morning arrested and charged with evading arrest and assault on an officer.
According to police, 911 operators received reports of a woman driving erratically through the parking lot of a Bank of America in the 5600 block of Broadway Boulevard while cursing at customers and making obscene gestures at about 9 a.m.
While officers drove to that call, 911 operators began receiving reports of a woman doing the same thing at a nearby Citibank in the 3400 block of Broadway Boulevard.
Officers caught up with the woman, later identified as 30-year-old Kasi Jones, at Citibank and attempted to make a traffic stop, but Jones refused and drove away — all while making obscene gestures and cussing at the officers.
At 1st Street and Broadway, Garland police officers used stop sticks to deflate the Jones' tires. She continued for a short while on two rims and two good tires before eventually stopping at the Belmont at Duck Creek apartments in the 6200 block of Duck Creek Drive.
Police said the Jones parked her vehicle and exited the truck as officers surrounded her vehicle. When she refused to comply with demands to stop and surrender, Garland police said an officer used a stun gun to temporarily disable her.
Jones was then taken into custody, but police said she assaulted one of the officers while being put into the squad car.
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Bond has not yet been set.
No injuries were reported in connection with the chase.
Initial reports indicated the woman was suspected in a hit-and-run at one of the banks. Garland police said late Monday morning that a complainant has not yet come forward in the case.
