Escambia Robbery Suspect Tased After High Speed Chase Into Alabama

December 25, 2009

A high speed chase from Escambia County ended in Baldwin County, Alabama, with a robbery suspect being tased, damaged sheriff’s office vehicles and flattened tires on several the vehicles of several private citizens.

mcculloughjennifer.jpgJennifer Nicole McCullough, 35, of Country Ostrich Drive, Pensacola is being held in the Baldwin County Jail, charged with resisting arrest, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and three counts of reckless endangerment.

The incident began hours before when a woman matching McCullough’s description demanded money from an employee at Repeats Consignment shop on Nine Mile Road near Highway 29. The suspect acted as if she had a gun in her pocket, according to deputies, but the employee refused to give her any money.

A woman matching her description failed to pay for gasoline at a Tom Thumb convenience store at the intersection of Scenic Highway and North Davis Highway Wednesday night. Deputies spotted McCullough near Davis Highway and gave chase on Highway 90 into Santa Rosa County. She turned around near Woodbine Road near Pace and returned to Escambia County where she got onto I-10.

Deputies from the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office, the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Department and a K-9 officer from the Pensacola Police Department chased McCullough west on I-10 through Pensacola and into Baldwin County, Alabama, reportedly reaching speeds over 90 mph. Most Escambia County deputies dropped out of the chase before crossing in Alabama, but several deputies and the PPD K-9 officer continued across the state line. In Alabama, deputies from the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office and officers from the Loxley Police Department joined in the efforts to stop McCullough.

Baldwin County authorities deployed spike strips across I-10 near the 48 mile marker, about four miles east of Loxley. The front tires on McCullough’s car were flattened by the spike strips. Authorities said the rope used to remove the spike strips from the highway was damaged, and tires were flattened on vehicles belonging to several other private citizens.

Even with her tires flattened, McCullough continued her attempt to elude authorities, driving on the vehicle’s rims about five miles to the 43 mile marker west of Loxley. According to Baldwin County authorities, deputies were forced to tase McCullough in order to take her into custody just after 11 p.m.

Once she is extradited back to Florida, Escambia authorities are expected to charge McCullough with felony fleeing and eluding, aggravated assault by motor vehicle, robbery and petty theft, according to Baldwin officials.

Court records in Escambia County show that warrants were issued for McCullough earlier Wednesday for failure to appear in court on charges of leaving the scene of accident and resisting arrest with violence.

Comments

3 Responses to “Escambia Robbery Suspect Tased After High Speed Chase Into Alabama”

  1. / on December 26th, 2009 7:59 pm

    sounds like a real winner.

  2. David Huie Green on December 26th, 2009 1:14 pm

    Note to self: try not to drive behind fleeing felons, might flatten tires

  3. troublemaker on December 26th, 2009 7:47 am

    lock her up and throw away the key!!!!!

    She is trouble walking.

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