LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – More than a dozen charges are being brought against a woman after she tried to escape a traffic stop with three teenagers in the vehicle in North Las Vegas on Wednesday night.
Angela Peavy, 32, was arrested and taken to the Clark County Detention Center, where she is currently being held on $ 27,000 bail. She should appear in court on Monday.
Peavy faces three crime charges: resisting an officer with a firearm, attacking an officer with a deadly weapon, and disobeying an officer while endangering others. She is also charged with child molestation / neglect (endangering), gross misdemeanor, and 10 other misdemeanor charges.
The Nevada Highway Patrol tried to stop them on Craig Road and Clayton Street. A chase ensued when soldiers chased a Penske Rental truck until the chase ended on Craig and Martin Luther King Boulevard, about a mile away.
According to the soldiers, there was a fight and the driver of the truck pulled out a gun. A North Las Vegas police officer was monitoring the driver.
No additional information is available.
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