Graham County — A woman with her 10-year-old son in her car reportedly refused to obey a traffic stop and led law enforcement in pursuit of multiple communities at speeds of over 90 miles per hour.
The Graham County Sheriff’s Deputy stopped at 5:20 p.m. Sunday, July 10 at Paterson Mesa Road and U.S. Route 70 to allow a woman identified as Dennis Palma, 32, of Safford to drive off reportedly decided to Delegates pursued until they reached Leighton Road, between Clough Ranch Road and Central Cemetery Road, when the delegates broke off the pursuit.
Palma was later found at Safford High School where a 10-year-old boy got out of his car. Law enforcement was able to bring the boy back safely, and another chase was launched, involving Safford, Thatcher, Pima, Arizona Department of Public Safety agents and police officers.
Despite using spike strips, Parma refused to stop and drove into oncoming traffic, causing the sheriff’s car to crash into the bleachers of Thatcher High School’s tennis court due to the amount of dust the car had picked up. It is said that
The chase ended when Palma was reported to have hit several large landscaping poles on the shoulder of San Jose Road and US Highway 70.
After being medically cleared, Palma was incarcerated in Graham County Jail on charges of illegal flying, aggravated assault, danger, aggravated DUI, reckless driving, possession of drugs, possession of drug paraphernalia, and criminal damage. it was done.
