A NEBRASKA WOMAN IS IN CUSTODY FACING SEVERAL CHARGES FOLLOWING A PURSUIT FRIDAY EVENING ON SIOUX CITY’S NORTHSIDE.
THE INCIDENT BEGAN WITH A TRAFFIC STOP BY SIOUX CITY POLICE NEAR 26TH AND PIERCE STREET SHORTLY AFTER 6 P.M.
THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE, 31-YEAR-OLD ALEXANDRA SPARKLE SOMMERS, REFUSED TO COMPLY WITH THE OFFICER, AND DROVE AWAY, DRAGGING THE OFFICER A SHORT DISTANCE.
THE OFFICER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.
A PURSUIT FOLLOWED AND ENDED WHEN SOMMERS CRASHED HER VEHICLE INTO A UTILITY POLE, AT 36TH AND HAMILTON BOULEVARD, INJURING HERSELF.
SHE WAS TRANSPORTED TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT AND THEN BOOKED INTO THE WOODBURY COUNTY JAIL ON $25,000 BOND.
SOMMERS IS CHARGED WITH ELUDING.POSSESSION OF METH WITH INTENT TO DELIVER, INTERFERENCE WITH OFFICIAL ACTS, PROVIDING FALSE IDENTIFICATION AND A DRUG TAX STAMP VIOLATION.
SHE IS ALSO WANTED ON A WARRANT IN NEBRASKA.
Scene photos by George Lindblade