A 19-year-old Tallahassee, Florida teen has been busted over the weekend after leading law enforcement on a multi-state chase with two children in the backseat of her vehicle, authorities said.
Police in Alabama say they started chasing Armani Brown after she was involved in a car crash about 45 minutes north of Florida and fled the scene.
Officers notified the Holmes County Sheriff’s Office of the chase as Brown began traveling south toward the Florida Panhandle.
Deputies with HCSO set up spike strips at the intersection of Highway 79 and Highway 173. However, as Brown approached, she hit the brakes and went off the road and through an Express Lane parking lot before driving north on Highway 173.
Deputies say Brown was forced off the road and into a ditch as she attempted to turn down another street.
Deputies arrested Brown and were shocked when they found two children in the backseat of the silver Lexus Brown was driving. Fortunately, the kids were not injured. Deputies did not say whether Brown is the kids’ mother.
Brown was arrested and charged with aggravated fleeing and attempting to elude, reckless driving, driving without a valid driver’s license, and two counts of child endangerment.
