Sheriff Billy Woods spoke to the media on Friday and showed body camera footage of a woman stealing a deputy’s vehicle.
Woods said dispatchers received a call from a woman alleging another woman was trying to steal her vehicle keys.
The body camera video shows Deputy Chris Witte arriving on scene. He lowered a window and told a woman, later identified as Kendra Dalyn Boone, to go to the back of the SUV.
Witte got out of the cruiser, closed the door and walked to the back. As he was walking, Boone entered the SUV through the passenger’s side open window and got to the back seat.
Realizing what she had done, Witte quickly went to the driver’s side door and tried to unlock the vehicle. Witte was able to open the door and attempted to grab Boone, but she managed to speed away.
The crash
She drove the stolen SUV on State Road 40 East for several miles with a deputy in pursuit. She made a U-turn near the weigh station, just west of State Road 19, sheriff’s officials said.
As the vehicle continued westbound, other deputies were putting out stop sticks. Boone turned the vehicle around before reaching the stop sticks and headed eastbound on SR 40.