Woman leads cops on chase, refuses to get out of car

By Joe Gorman

jgorman@vindy.com

YOUNGSTOWN

Police had to use their stun weapons late Thursday to pry a woman out of her car after she led police on a chase and crashed.

Eraysha Campbell, 23, of Clearmount Avenue is the Mahoning County jail on resisting arrest and other traffic charges after she was arrested about 11:30 p.m. at Firnley and Indianola avenues on the South Side after she crashed into some rocks.

Reports said police tried to pull her over twice and terminated both pursuits before she crashed.

She refused to get out of her car and revved the engine as police tried to open the doors. Eventually they broke a window and stunned her to get her out, reports said.

Officers first spotted her at Glenaven Avenue and Hillman Street on the South Side and tried to pull her over for an improper turn, reports said. Police said she refused to pull over and officers chased her, but a supervisor ordered them to break off the pursuit.

They were able to check her license plate and determine she lived in the 400 block of Clearmount Avenue, reports said. Officers went there, and Campbell drove up and parked on the opposite side of the street.

When a cruiser tried to cut her off, she drove over a curb, almost hitting an officer, and continued driving. Police did not chase her, but a short time later she crashed, reports said.

Reports said when officers first got the door open and tried to grab Campbell out of the car, she latched onto the steering wheel. That is when she was stunned, reports said.