Summary

LT. JACK BANKS, SPOKESMAN FOR BOONE COUNTY POLICE SAID OFFICERS USED GREAT RESTRAINT WHEN A WOMAN WHO HAD BEEN PULLED OVER ON I-275 DROVE OFF IN A POLICE CRUISER. BETTY FOLSTON, 37, OF THE CINCINNATI SUBURB OF SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP, LED OFFICERS ON A 30-MINUTE CHASE BEFORE SHE WAS STOPPED. FOLSTON WAS ABLE TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE CRUISER AFTER PLACING ONE OF HER HANDS IN HER HANDBAG AS IF SHE HAD A GUN INSIDE. OFFICERS WERE COMMENDED FOR NOT SHOOTING HER. BANKS COMMENTED, WHEN FOLSTON CAME TOWARDS THE OFFICERS THEY "BACKED AWAY TOWARD COVER AND SHE JUMPED IN A POLICE CAR. FRANKLY WE'D RATHER GIVE A POLICE CAR UP FOR A FEW MINUTES THAN HAVE TO TAKE AL IFE. IT WAS ACTUALLY AN EXCEPTIONAL SHOW OF RESTRAINT BY THE OFFICERS" HE SAID. FOLSTON WAS ORIGINALLY STOPPED AFTER A SOUTHERN KENTUCKY COUPLE HEADING TO INDIANA ON I-275 MADE A 911 CALL TO REPORT A STRANGER HAD FOLLOWED THEIR VEHICLE FROM A PREVIOUS REST AREA. THEY SAID FOLSTON HAD APPROACHED THEM AT THE REST STOP TO SAY SHE WANTED TO TRAIL THEM TO CINCINNATI.

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 285731
Story Slug PURSE STUNT ESCAPE (1-23-2000)
Location BURLINGTON, KENTUCKY
Format DASHCAM
Date 1-23-2000
Archive Time 49:22
TRT 5:00
Supers NOTE: Clip #179593 has more on this...over 30 minutes, but we still don't see the end.!!!!
Video Description DAYTIME DASHCAM WITH AUDIO, OFFICERS ON SIDE OF ROAD DURING TRAFFIC STOP WHEN WOMAN PULLED OVER TAKES OFF ON CHASE, WOMAN GETS CORNERED AT A CURVE IN THE ROAD AND THEN SLOWS DOWN BUT KEEPS DRIVING, THEN TAKES OFF AGAIN AND DOES A U-TURN AND CHASE REVERSES FIELD, AFTER GETTING FLAT TIRE WOMAN FINALLY STOPS AND WE SEE OFFICERS WITH WEAPONS DRAWN, WOMAN COMES AT THEM WAVING HER PURSE IN THE AIR, SHE THEN JUMPS INTO THE POLICE CAR AND DRIVES AWAY, THERE ARE TWO ANGLES OF THIS ESCAPE, CHASE IS THEN ON AGAIN - WE DONT' QUITE SEE THE END OF THE CHASE
Description LT. JACK BANKS, SPOKESMAN FOR BOONE COUNTY POLICE SAID OFFICERS USED GREAT RESTRAINT WHEN A WOMAN WHO HAD BEEN PULLED OVER ON I-275 DROVE OFF IN A POLICE CRUISER. BETTY FOLSTON, 37, OF THE CINCINNATI SUBURB OF SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP, LED OFFICERS ON A 30-MINUTE CHASE BEFORE SHE WAS STOPPED. FOLSTON WAS ABLE TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE CRUISER AFTER PLACING ONE OF HER HANDS IN HER HANDBAG AS IF SHE HAD A GUN INSIDE. OFFICERS WERE COMMENDED FOR NOT SHOOTING HER. BANKS COMMENTED, WHEN FOLSTON CAME TOWARDS THE OFFICERS THEY "BACKED AWAY TOWARD COVER AND SHE JUMPED IN A POLICE CAR. FRANKLY WE'D RATHER GIVE A POLICE CAR UP FOR A FEW MINUTES THAN HAVE TO TAKE AL IFE. IT WAS ACTUALLY AN EXCEPTIONAL SHOW OF RESTRAINT BY THE OFFICERS" HE SAID. FOLSTON WAS ORIGINALLY STOPPED AFTER A SOUTHERN KENTUCKY COUPLE HEADING TO INDIANA ON I-275 MADE A 911 CALL TO REPORT A STRANGER HAD FOLLOWED THEIR VEHICLE FROM A PREVIOUS REST AREA. THEY SAID FOLSTON HAD APPROACHED THEM AT THE REST STOP TO SAY SHE WANTED TO TRAIL THEM TO CINCINNATI.
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Keywords

COT; AMAZING; POLICE; CAUGHT ON TAPE
CAUGHT ON CAMERA
CAUGHT ON VIDEO
DUMB CRIMINAL
WRESTLED. STRANGE
WEIRD
STOLEN POLICE CAR
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