LOS ANGELES (KABC) — A woman accused of leading law enforcement on a chase all the way from Simi Valley to the U.S.-Mexico border on Monday has returned to the U.S. and turned herself in.
The Ventura County Sheriff’s Office said 29-year-old Alyssa Wilson came back across the border on Tuesday and turned herself in. She was later handed over to Ventura County deputies.
Wilson allegedly stole a minivan from a sober living home in the 1900 block of East Hillcrest Drive in Thousand Oaks on Monday, according to the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office.
ORIGINAL REPORT: Woman leads CHP on chase from Ventura County all the way to Mexico
A woman led law enforcement on a chase from Ventura County all the way to the U.S.-Mexico border Monday afternoon and then crossed into Mexico, officials said.
Deputies spotted the minivan in Simi Valley and initiated a traffic stop, but Wilson fled and entered the 118 Freeway and reached speeds of up to 90 mph, authorities said.
AIR7 caught up with the chase in the Sherman Oaks area around 11:15 a.m. When Wilson got on the 405 Freeway, the California Highway Patrol took over the chase.
Officials said Wilson was having a mental health crisis, and her mother is the one who called CHP.
She remained mostly on the southbound 405 Freeway, passing through Orange County before eventually transitioning onto the southbound 5 Freeway into San Diego County. Wilson then got on the south 805 Freeway and made it to the U.S.-Mexico border crossing.
CHP called off the chase after Wilson crossed into Mexico just before 1:30 p.m.
Authorities attempted to deploy at least four spike strips during the chase, but they were not successful as she managed to swerve around them.
During one of those attempts, officers stopped traffic on the 5 Freeway in the Oceanside area and threw a spike strip in front of the van, but it did not deploy correctly.
In total, Wilson drove about 155 miles and went from Simi Valley to the border in a little more than two hours. She hit basically no traffic and never hit extreme high rates of speed.
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