LAS CRUCES, N.M.—A New Mexico woman is facing charges after police say she fled an officer during a traffic stop and told him, “I don’t think so.”
Doña County court documents show Ricci Barnett was arrested April 21 following the exchange.
According to court documents, an officer tried to pull over the 41-year-old Barnett for driving the wrong way on a one-way street in Las Cruces, but she refused to stop. The documents say the officer made contact with Barnett as she stopped at a red light.
When the officer showed Barnett his badge, court documents say she responded, “I don’t think so,” and drove off.
She was eventually taken into custody and charged with aggravated fleeing from a law enforcement officer and reckless driving.
It was not known if she had an attorney.
New York Man Busted for Using a Dummy to Drive in the Carpool Lane
A New York police officer pulled over a driver who was using a dummy while in the carpool, or high-occupancy lane, in Long Island.
The dummy was strapped into the passenger seat of James Britt’s vehicle, News 12 in Long Island reported. He was pulled over on the Long Island Expressway in Suffolk County.
The dummy was wearing several shirts, sunglasses, a hat, and jeans, said officials.
Busted in the carpool lane …
Suffolk County Police ticket #Centereach man in HOV lane with a dummy riding shotgun …https://t.co/SNI4a4VpQo #nbc4ny pic.twitter.com/v9sNmIkm1h— Steven Bognar (@Bogs4NY) May 7, 2019
Britt was traveling near Exit 51 in the HOV lane while occupancy rules were in effect.
Britt, 34, of Centereach, was issued a court summons over the incident, according to the report.
Highway Patrol Officer Andrew Spina saw the 2002 Saturn sedan and became suspicious of the passenger in Britt’s vehicle, reported the New York Post.
The Associated Press and Epoch Times reporter Jack Phillips contributed to this report.
