A June 30 traffic stop by an Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper leads to a drug arrest.

 

The traffic stop began when the Oklahoma Trooper spotted a maroon SUV with a defective windshield and a driver who was not wearing a seat belt. When the trooper attempted to pull the vehicle over, the driver fled onto a rural county road. The trooper then used a tactical vehicle intervention to bring the pursuit to an end.

 

The driver – identified as Brandi York of Pineville, Missouri – was discovered to be driving on a suspended license. When asked why she fled, York told the trooper it was because she didn't want her vehicle to be towed.

 

York was booked into the Ottawa County Jail in Miami, where she faces multiple charges including fleeing law enforcement, driving under suspension, possession of methamphetamine, and possession of drug paraphernalia.

 

Authorities later learned that York had also fled from law enforcement in McDonald County, Missouri. She successfully evaded capture at that time, but Missouri officials have since filed charges related to that incident.