A San Diego woman who managed to steal a California Highway Patrol vehicle while handcuffed in the backseat faces nearly five years in prison.
Casaundra Lane pleaded guilty to four of the seven charges she faced, including two counts of felony assault with a deadly weapon, stealing and driving a law enforcement vehicle and felony evading with reckless driving, the district attorney’s office previously said.
The deadly weapons charges are strikes, and all four carry a stipulated term of four years and eight months in state prison, they said.
Lane will spend four years and eight months in prison.
In November, Lane hit a car on Interstate 5 near the Mission Bay boat launch and ditched the car, running into the bay. An officer chased her into the water, handcuffed her and put her in the back of the patrol cruiser.
While the officer was outside the vehicle, Lane moved from the backseat and reached for a long rifle stored in the patrol SUV, San Diego police said. As she drove toward the officer to run him down, the CHP officer opened fire, fearing for his life, police said.
Lane sped off, driving south on the 5, then onto Interstate 8 and State Route 163. She was apprehended 30 minutes later in Mission Valley after she rolled the cruiser into another vehicle and officers forcibly removed her.
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Lane also hit two vehicles driven by innocent drivers as she fled, officials said.
