Woman charged with felony after chase with Boone County deputy

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

An 18-year-old Columbia woman was charged with a felony and a misdemeanor after she was involved in a chase with a Boone County deputy on Tuesday night.

Jacquelynn Pruitt was charged on Wednesday with aggravated fleeing and reckless driving. She is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond.

An arraignment was held on Wednesday and Pruitt appeared without counsel. A confined docket hearing is scheduled for 1 p.m. Tuesday, May 12 and a preliminary hearing is set for 9 a.m. Wednesday, June 17.

The probable cause statement says the deputy saw Pruitt speeding in a silver Chevrolet Impala on Scott Boulevard near Millbrook Drive. The deputy tried to pull the vehicle over, but Pruitt continued to drive and speed allegedly reached 100 miles per hour, the statement says.

Pruitt allegedly drove the vehicle the wrong way through the roundabout at Vawter School Road and Country Woods Road before turning north, the statement says. She eventually crashed the car into a mailbox and drove through the yards of two residences, the statement says.

Pruitt allegedly told law enforcement that she did not pull over initially because she did not want to go to jail, court documents say.