EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — El Paso police arrested a 25-year-old woman who they said stole an SUV from a convenience store and led officers on a chase that ended when she crashed into pursuing patrol units, injuring two officers.
According to the El Paso Police Department, on Wednesday, at around 6:55 p.m., Vanessa Loreli Ronnebaum allegedly stole a 2009 Chevrolet Equinox from a store located at 3001 N. Yarbrough Drive, near Album Park, in East El Paso.
EPPD said officers then spotted the stolen Equinox near Matamoros Drive and Giles Road, near the El Paso Community College Valle Verde campus in the Lower Valley, approximately 3 miles south of where the SUV was reported stolen.
Map showing the distance from where the car was stolen and where it was spotted by police. Credit: Google Maps
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EPPD explained that while officers tried to pull the stolen SUV over, the driver refused and triggered a short pursuit, which at one point had the suspect driving on the wrong side of the road.
According to EPPD, the chase came to a crashing end when Ronnebaum reportedly rammed the stolen Equinox into the driver’s side of a police vehicle.
In the end, two officers were taken to the hospital and Ronnebaum was booked into the El Paso County Jail downtown.
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Ronnebaum is being charged with:
DWIVehicle theftEvading arrest Two counts of aggravated assault against a public servant
According to jail records, as of Friday afternoon, Ronnebaum remains jailed under a combined bond amount of $115,000.
Meanwhile, the two injured police officers were discharged from the hospital the same day.
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