Clearlake Oaks woman arrested for carjacking, evading officers in stolen vehicle
- Elizabeth Larson
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NORTH COAST, Calif. – A Clearlake Oaks woman was arrested Sunday morning near Ukiah after she led authorities on a high-speed chase in a vehicle she had taken during a carjacking.
Jessica Layne Tominia, 36, was arrested shortly before 10:30 a.m. Sunday by officers with the California Highway Patrol’s Ukiah Area office.
The CHP said that just after 10 a.m. Sunday, the Ukiah Police Department was notified of a vehicle that had been stolen from the Quik Mart parking lot at 1105 Airport Park Blvd.
The female subject who took the vehicle, a red 2000 Chevrolet Blazer, was reported to have assaulted the registered owner prior to the theft, the CHP said.
Ukiah Police officers saw the Chevy traveling on Highway 101 northbound at Perkins Street at approximately 10:08 a.m. and attempted to pull it over. The CHP said that when the driver failed to yield, officers initiated a pursuit which reached speeds in excess of 80 miles per hour.
The CHP said that as the Chevy passed Lake Mendocino Drive, Ukiah Police officers requested that the CHP respond to take over the pursuit, which CHP officers did after the SUV traveled onto eastbound Highway 20.
The Chevy’s driver allowed the vehicle to drive onto the right shoulder, cross multiple times into the oncoming traffic lanes and travel at excessive speeds, the CHP said.
The vehicle was driven 50 feet off the roadway edge line where it came to a complete stop and the CHP initiated felony stop procedures.
The CHP said it took the driver, identified at that point as Tominia, into custody without incident.
In addition to the Ukiah Police Department and the CHP, the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office also responded to aid in the pursuit.
Tominia was booked into the Mendocino County Jail on Sunday afternoon on felony charges of carjacking and reckless evading and a misdemeanor for unlawful taking of a vehicle, with bail set at $75,000, according to jail records.
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