Full Notification

DATE/TIME: July 17, 2021 / 11:05 p.m.
 
INCIDENT: Felony Evading / Felony Evading on the Wrong Side of the Roadway
 
LOCATION: Mt. Vernon Avenue / Canal Street, Grand Terrace, CA
 
SUSPECT(S): Aimee Carpenter, a 44-year-old resident of San Bernardino
 

SUMMARY: On July 17, 2021, at approximately 11:05 p.m., Deputy Rappisi from the Sheriff's Central Station conducted a traffic enforcement stop on a silver Honda Civic in the area of Mt. Vernon Avenue and Canal Street. The driver, later identified as Aimee Carpenter, was slow to yield, turned off her vehicle lights, and fled onto the Interstate 215 freeway. Carpenter entered the freeway the wrong way and fled south on the northbound lanes. Rappisi attempted to parallel Carpenter on the correct side of the freeway but lost the visual of the vehicle.
 
Deputy Ancona conducted, and area check at Barton Road and the Interstate 215 freeway and located the Honda Civic exiting the freeway the wrong way with its lights off. Ancona activated his lights and siren, and Carpenter fled. Carpenter entered the I215 south on the correct side of the freeway. During the pursuit, Carpenter lost control of her vehicle and collided into a guard rail while exiting on Columbia Avenue.
 
Carpenter was found to have an active felony warrant for her arrest. Two additional occupants in the vehicle were interviewed and released. Carpenter was booked at Central Detention Center.
 
Anyone with information regarding this incident is urged to contact Deputy Rappisi at the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department-Central Station. Callers wishing to remain anonymous are urged to call the We-Tip Hotline at (800) 78-CRIME (27463), or you may leave the information on the We-Tip Hotline website at www.wetip.com.
 
Refer:                     Deputy R. Rappisi
 
Station:                  Central Station
 
Phone No.             (909) 387-3545
 
Case No.                122100775

SHANNON DICUS, Sheriff-Coroner
San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department