Police: Woman Tries to Spring Her Boyfriend from Police Car
An Albuquerque, New Mexico woman tried to spring her boyfriend from the back of a police car traveling on I-40 late one Monday night by trying repeatedly to crash into it, and when she failed, she drove to a garage near the police station and took out her frustration by smashing into an unmarked, but occupied unit, ending her road rage rampage.
26-year-old Tommianne Patten faces charges of aggravated assault on a peace officer with a deadly weapon for the incident. She also blew twice the legal limit on a Breathalyzer taken after her arrest, according to a police report, but at press time had yet been charged with DWI.
The police report for her arrest says an APD officer had just picked up Patten’s boyfriend on a domestic violence charge around 11:30 p.m. when Patten drove up behind the police car and tried to ram it while westbound on I-40 near Eubank, New Mexico.
The report says the officer turned on his lights and tried to flee Patten, but she pulled up alongside him and tried to crash into him again.
The officer was able to swerve out of the way and exit the freeway at Wyoming.
But around 15 minutes later, Patten showed up to the parking garage at Albuquerque Civic Plaza, near the main APD station, and crashed into an unmarked police vehicle with an officer inside.
That officer arrested Patten. The report says after she was put in a squad car, she admitted to having drinks earlier in the night and was taken to booking.
There, she allegedly admitted to trying to get her boyfriend out of the car by ramming it, then blew “at or above” twice the state’s legal blood alcohol limit.
Facing only the aggravated assault on a peace officer with a deadly weapon charge, Patten is being held on a $15,000 cash or surety bond at the Metropolitan Detention Center.
At press time, Patten had not yet been assigned an attorney.