By John Dobberstein, Editor
A 39-year-old woman was arrested Monday after leading area police on a chase and damaging three Broken Arrow Police Department vehicles in the process.
Around 2:15 p.m., Broken Arrow officers attempted to serve arrest warrants on Lori Lindley, homeless, during a traffic stop in the 700 block of W. State Highway 51.
The outstanding warrants were issued through the Tulsa District Court for multiple violations, including drug and weapon charges and removing an electronic monitoring device.
During the initial traffic stop, Lindley refused officers’ commands, reversed her car and rammed an undercover officer’s car. She fled on Highway 51, exiting at Garnett Road. She then went the wrong way on the Garnett off ramp and struck another unmarked police unit on the passenger side, then struck another unmarked police unit head-on and left it in the ditch.
Both the stopped unmarked police cars that had lights and sirens active and police said Linsey had a means to escape without ramming the cars, police said.
The pursuit continued into Tulsa. Lindley drove the wrong way through the airport terminal, before exiting the airport property and driving south on Memorial Drive. On Memorial, a Broken Arrow officer attempted to deploy “stop stick” devices. Lindley swerved towards the officer to avoid the stop sticks and continued south on Memorial.
A Tulsa police officer then attempted to stop the suspect with “stop sticks” and the suspect again swerved at the officer and drove around them, police said. She continued south on Memorial where she was involved in a collision with a stopped motorist in the 3700 block of S. Memorial Drive.
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With her vehicle then disabled, Lindley was then taken into custody. She was found to be in possession of 38.3 gross grams of methamphetamine, $1,494 in U.S. currency, a working digital scale, a glass smoking pipe and a bundle of empty zip-top baggies. She was later booked into the Tulsa County Jail.
“The Broken Arrow Police Department wishes to thank the Tulsa Police Department and the Oklahoma Highway Patrol for their assistance in getting Lori Lindley in custody and keeping our communities safe,” said Christopher Walker, the public information officer for the Broken Arrow Police Department.
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