Woman arrested after police chase where PIT maneuver was used twice

BLACKFOOT — A Fort Hall female is facing aggregate charges aft allegedly starring rule enforcement connected a chase, causing them to usage a spike portion and break a model retired of nan car she had been driving. 

Courtney Lynn Dixey, 37, has been charged pinch felony eluding a constabulary officer, felony operating a centrifugal conveyance while nether nan influence, misdemeanor unfastened instrumentality of intoxicant and misdemeanor resisting aliases obstructing arrest. 

She is additionally facing 2 enhancements. One of them is for nan felony DUI and different is for being a persistent violator. 

The chase

According to an affidavit of probable origin revenge by nan Bingham County Sheriff’s Office, nan incident happened connected April 23 aft 8:40 p.m.

A lawman was operating adjacent U.S. Highway 91 and South Shilling successful Bingham County. The lawman saw a achromatic Nissan Altima that was driving successful nan incorrect lane astatine a “high complaint of speed,” tribunal documents said. It had been called successful for a postulation complaint.

The lawman past activated emergency lights to extremity nan Nissan. The car pulled into a state position but grounded to output to nan deputy. The car — which was identified arsenic being driven by Dixey — past pulled onto Highway 91, driving fast.

Dixey drove into an oncoming lane and went done a extremity motion adjacent Besto Road, documents said. Law enforcement past spiked nan tires of nan car, but it continued. 

A lawman performed a PIT maneuver. A PIT maneuver is simply a pursuit maneuver wherever a constabulary car tin unit a fleeing car to move sideways abruptly, causing nan driver to suffer power and stop.

The car spun out, deed nan guardrail and came to a stop, according to documents. The lawman told Dixey to get retired of nan car pinch her hands up. 

Dixey allegedly grounded to obey nan commands and began to thrust northbound connected Highway 91. A lawman again performed different PIT maneuver astatine Highway 91 and No Name Road. 

The car came to a extremity again.

The arrest

The lawman told Dixey to get out, but she would not, documents said. Deputies saw a rider wrong and asked nan rider to get out. After respective minutes, nan rider did, but Dixey still would not, according to documents. 

The driver’s model was past surgery out, and Dixey was “removed from nan conveyance and taken into custody.” 

The lawman asked Dixey if she would return a sobriety test, and she said no. Records show that she besides refused to return a activity sample. The lawman requested a humor warrant and collected 2 humor samples. 

She was transported to nan Bingham County Jail and is connected a $50,000 bond. 

Dixey was initially charged nan greeting aft she was arrested, but owed to nan humor testing results later coming backmost positive, charges against her were refiled May 28 successful a caller case, according to nan Bingham County Prosecutor’s Office.

She is scheduled for a preliminary proceeding connected Thursday astatine 8:30 a.m. astatine nan Bingham County Courthouse. 

Though Dixey has been charged pinch these crimes, it does not needfully mean she committed them. Everyone is presumed guiltless until they are proven guilty.