By: News Director Larissa Donovan
CASS LAKE– A 35-year-old Remer woman was arrested last Thursday following a vehicle pursuit near Cass Lake.
According to a release, a Leech Lake Tribal Police Officer initiated a traffic stop for a vehicle with an expired license plate. During the stop where the officer was speaking with the driver, the passenger, Julia Mitchell-Jenkins, slid over to the driver’s side and took off in the silver Honda Civic.
Spike strips were deployed on Cass County Road 172 but were unsuccessful. The Civic eventually came to a stop at a residence on Boy Lake Drive, where Mitchell-Jenkins put the vehicle in reverse and rammed a Leech Lake Tribal Police squad car.
The pursuit ended when an officer pinned the vehicle up against a handicapped ramp of a residence on Boy Lake Drive.
Mitchell-Jenkins is currently in the Cass County Jail on numerous charges, and the Cass County Sheriff’s Office and Leech Lake Ambulance assisted at the scene.
