Woman rams multiple vehicles, burglarizes residence in lengthy Redwood City police chase
(KRON)—On Sunday, the Redwood City Police Department shared details of a lengthy police chase that involved a stolen tow truck, the ramming of multiple police vehicles, and the burglary of a private residence, among several other details.
Police arrested Laura Kettel, 35, of Monterrey, last Friday in connection to the chase.
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At around 6 p.m. on Friday, RCPD officers responded to calls of a woman stealing a tow truck from Enterprise Rent-A-Car in Redwood City. A short time later, an RCPD officer located the tow truck parked at a Jack in the Box in San Carlos, police said.
While attempting to conduct a traffic stop on the tow truck, Kettle proceeded to ram both the officer’s cars, causing “major damage,” RCPD said. The officer who was rammed was injured and later taken to a local hospital, police said.
The tow truck then fled southward towards Highway 101, traveling 80-90 miles an hour, police said. The California Highway Patrol and the Menlo Park Police Department responded to requests to take over the pursuit, police said.
As Menlo Park PD caught up with the tow truck on Highway 101, Kettle “veered across the roadway, colliding with another motorist before continuing to flee,” police said. Police said the driver of the car hit by Kettel was uninjured.
CHP located the tow truck on State Route 85 shortly after Kettel hit the victim on Highway 101, police said. As CHP overtook the tow truck, “the driver [Kettel] immediately braked, and CHP unit collided into it, disabling the patrol vehicle,” police said.
According to RCPD, Kettle then drove back to Redwood City and parked the tow truck on Silver Hill Road, where she reportedly burglarized a residence with a nanny and children inside the home, police said.
After burglarizing the home, Kettle again fled in the tow truck. Police said the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office attempted to deploy spike strips, but Kettel was also able to evade the spikes and flee the scene, police said.
For her final stop, Kettle was seen parking near Planet Fitness in Redwood City. As Kettel left the tow truck parked in the lot, police said Kettel entered Planet Fitness and assaulted her boyfriend, who was an employee at the gym, police said.
While attempting to detain Kettel, police deployed a canine unit that “bit Kettel on her hip,” police said. Kettel then stopped resisting and was taken into custody and treated at San Mateo County Hospital for her hip and leg injuries.
Kettel was later determined to be out on bail from a domestic violence case last week and was also arrested for another residential burglary four days ago in Redwood City, police said.
Police booked Kettel into the Maguire Correctional Facility for a variety of charges, including felony charges of assault with a deadly weapon, failure to yield, vehicle theft, residential burglary, domestic violence, resisting arrest and committing a felony while out on bail, police said.
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