MONROE COUNTY, Ga. — A woman led Monroe County deputies on a chase on Interstate 75 after a disturbance near High Falls State Park, authorities said.
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The MCSO said deputies initially responded to a call about a suspicious person on the bridge Thursday.
Deputies said Jeannie Young, 32, of Hawkinsville, was found with two young children, one of them sitting in her lap. They said Young was behaving erratically and claimed that “the FBI was after her.”
Deputies told Young to properly secure the baby in a car seat, but she refused and became argumentative, according to officials.
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When deputies tried to intervene, Young locked her car doors and reversed into an empty stroller before she sped away and started a chase.
Deputies said Young drove erratically and hit a deputy’s patrol car, narrowly avoiding a head-on collision with another deputy.
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The chase ended on I-75 at milepost 182, where deputies arrested her.
Fortunately, the children were unharmed and have since been placed in the care of a family member.
Young is currently being held without bond at the Monroe County Jail, facing multiple criminal charges.
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