St George News
ST. GEORGE — A woman suspected of prostitution led police on a brief pursue just after eleven a.m. Tuesday, ultimately ending up in the Denny’s parking lot on N. One thousand East in St. George where she rammed an unmarked police car before capitulating to authorities.
A Dodge Charger sits in the Denny’s parking lot on one thousand East Street after ramming a police car. St. George, Utah, Oct. Four, two thousand sixteen | Photo by Ric Wayman, St. George News
“Detectives were investigating a female they suspected of prostitution at one of the local motels,” St. George Police Officer Lona Trombley said. “One of the detectives attempted to make contact. The female fled, despite the officers providing her directions to stop.”
In the process of fleeing, the woman rammed her two thousand sixteen Dodge Charger into the passenger side door of the detective’s car. Then the detectives got some unexpected help.
“We had a Good Samaritan witness what was happening,” Trombley said, “and intentionally drove their white diesel truck in front of her vehicle as she was attempting to leave the parking lot to block her from leaving.”
Officers and a police negotiator approached the vehicle and were able to get the woman out of the car without incident. She exited the vehicle on her own, was arrested and taken to Dixie Regional Medical Center in St. George for a medical evaluation.
An unmarked police car shows the evidence of having been rammed by the driver of a Dodge Charger. St. George, Utah, Oct. Four, two thousand sixteen | Photo by Ric Wayman, St. George News
The detectives in the unmarked vehicle were not injured. An investigation is ongoing.
Charges against the woman are pending. She will be booked into Purgatory Correctional Center as soon as she receives medical clearance from DRMC doctors and is interviewed by detectives.
Two units from the Utah Highway Patrol were called to the scene to make an accident report. Units from the St. George Police Department and Gold Cross Ambulance were also at the scene.
This report is based on preliminary information provided by law enforcement or other emergency responders and may not contain the total scope of findings.
UPDATE 6:35 p.m. The driver of the Dodge Charger was Keilii Minyon Maxey of Burbank, California. She was arrested on two charges of onslaught on a police officer, two charges of brunt by propelling bodily substances, six charges of aggravated attack using a weapon and one charge of exploiting prostitution. She is being held at Purgatory Correctional Center with $60,000 bail required for her release pending trial.
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A Dodge Charger sits in the Denny’s parking lot on one thousand East Street after ramming a police car. St. George, Utah, Oct. Four, two thousand sixteen | Photo by Ric Wayman, St. George News
An unmarked police car shows the evidence of having been rammed by the driver of a Dodge Charger. St. George, Utah, Oct. Four, two thousand sixteen | Photo by Ric Wayman, St. George News
A Dodge Charger sits in the Denny’s parking lot on one thousand East Street after ramming a police car. St. George, Utah, Oct. Four, two thousand sixteen | Photo by Ric Wayman, St. George News
A Dodge Charger sits in the Denny’s parking lot on one thousand East Street after ramming a police car. St. George, Utah, Oct. Four, two thousand sixteen | Photo by Ric Wayman, St. George News
An unmarked police car shows the evidence of having been rammed by the driver of a Dodge Charger. St. George, Utah, Oct. Four, two thousand sixteen | Photo by Ric Wayman, St. George News
A Dodge Charger sits in the Denny’s parking lot on one thousand East Street after ramming a police car. St. George, Utah, Oct. Four, two thousand sixteen | Photo by Ric Wayman, St. George News
A Dodge Charger sits in the Denny’s parking lot on one thousand East Street after ramming a police car. St. George, Utah, Oct. Four, two thousand sixteen | Photo by Ric Wayman, St. George News
A Dodge Charger sits in the Denny’s parking lot on one thousand East Street after ramming a police car. St. George, Utah, Oct. Four, two thousand sixteen | Photo by Ric Wayman, St. George News