POLK COUNTY, Fla. – A 30-year-old Tampa woman was arrested after a high-speed attempt to evade law enforcement ended in her arrest Friday afternoon. Mekeda Adelia Roseann Babb was taken into custody on May 8th following a chaotic pursuit that stretched across several miles of Interstate 4 in Lakeland.
The incident began around 1:30 p.m. when a Polk County Sheriff’s deputy spotted a pink Infiniti with no license tag traveling westbound near Exit 32.
When the deputy attempted to initiate a traffic stop, Babb reportedly accelerated, weaving through lanes and using the shoulder of the highway to bypass traffic. During the flight, a can was thrown from the vehicle’s window…