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Shop NowDiligent police in St. Petersburg, Florida prevented what could have been a mass casualty massacre. On Thanksgiving day, 38-year-old Ashlee Lauren Morgan almost plowed through “a large group of runners” at 70 mph as they competed in a 5K race.
Police prevent mayhem
Around 3,000 participants of the annual Thanksgiving Day 5K race are thankful for the St. Petersburg Police Department. Alert and well trained officers prevented what could have been a massive tragedy.
Ashlee Morgan was definitely not asleep at the wheel when she jeopardized the “lives of thousands of marathon runners.” Apparently, her diabolical plan was to mow them down at 70 mph.
If it weren’t for the police, her arrest report notes, Morgan would have “barreled through the intersection causing mass [casualties] to race participants.” Attentive officers noticed “a white Range Rover traveling at nearly 70 mph in a residential area around 8 a.m.”
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Not just zooming through any suburbs in general, “the vehicle was speeding toward a closed course for the Thanksgiving Day 5K Turkey Trot which attracted 3,000 participants.” As well as countless onlookers.
“Morgan was observed driving recklessly south on Coffee Pot Boulevard Northeast, approaching the Snell Isle Bridge.” Police moved in to head her off at the pass, it didn’t work. “Three officers made contact with her, requested her credentials, she refused, and fled the scene of the stop at a high rate of speed onto the racecourse.”
By the time they were able to write up the paperwork back at the office, she was booked in on “two charges of felony fleeing and evading, leaving the scene of an accident with property damage, driving recklessly, and resisting an officer without using force.”
Disobeyed directions
By the time she made it to the intersection of Snell with Brightwater Boulevard, “a different officer attempted to pull her over, but she disobeyed his directions to stop.”
She also allegedly waved a derisive hand gesture at police as she flew past “two marked patrol cars with their emergency lights on, as well as multiple caution cones.”
She actually managed to make it to the intersection of Brightwater Boulevard and Lamara Way Northeast before police were able to finally “force” her to stop. That’s when “Morgan became hostile.”
They made sure to write that up in detail for the judge to see later. She’ll be safely housed in Pinellas County Jail until he gets to see her for arraignment.
“While under arrest, the defendant banged her head against the rear windows of the police cruiser, attempted to exit as her handcuffs were being adjusted, was combative, and OC Spray was utilized on two separate occasions in order to gain her compliance.” And comply she did, whether she liked it or not.
Just before the cops first saw her speeding along, “Morgan had hit a stop sign and damaged her back bumper after fleeing a collision.“
