Woman Who Stripped Naked After Bizarre Pursuit Facing Multiple Charges
PASADENA (CBSLA.com) — A 32-year-old woman who allegedly tried to run over her parents in Pasadena and then led multiple law enforcement agencies on a wild high-speed chase that stretched from Pasadena to Thousand Oaks and finally ended in downtown Los Angeles, was behind bars Saturday.
Pasadena resident Simone Gonzalez was booked on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, vandalism and felony evasion, according to Pasadena
police Lt. Jesse Carrillo.
A possible domestic dispute sparked the chase around 10:30 p.m. Friday in the 1300 block of Linda Vista Avenue, Gourdikian said.
"We got a 911 call from the parents after their daughter tried to run them over," Gourdikian said. "Officers then responded to the scene and that's
when the pursuit began."
The female driver was seen weaving in and out of traffic as she guided her SUV onto the westbound Ventura (134) Freeway. She then headed north on the Ventura (101) Freeway into Agoura Hills, Woodland Hills and then into Thousand Oaks.
She also drive down the Ronald Reagan (118) Freeway into Simi Valley at over 100 miles per hour at times, police said.
Pasadena police and California Highway Patrol units were involved in the pursuit, which made a U-turn heading back east through the San Fernando Valley, into Pasadena and finally down into Los Angeles.
The chase took a bizarre turn when the woman parked the SUV near the corner of Main and Third streets in downtown L.A., got out of the vehicle and began walking down the street.
In a bizarre rant captured on camera, she told a freelance photographer covering the pursuit that she wasn't running from anything and that she was, among other things, a "trained policeman".
"Ran from what? Ran where, sir? I am a trained policeman. Who are you? You are a legal slave trader, I am with the police, everywhere," the woman told one photographer. "I am with the police, I am trained to arrest you as a police man. I am not with fireman...sir, you respect the alias.
"I didn't run from anywhere, I don't know what you're talking about," she added.
After unsuccessfully attempting to enter a bar, she stripped off her clothes on the street before being detained by LAPD.
She was then handed over to Pasadena officers who transported her back to Pasadena for booking, according to Gourdikian.
"There appears to be some sort of mental imbalance involved with her,"he said. "But that will have to be sorted out after she is booked on the
charges."
No injuries occurred during the pursuit.
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