Sometimes a story comes along so crazy, I just have to write it up. And some times it’s so absurd that I’m not sure exactly how to write it up. So I’ll start with the facts:

Kelly Peterson was driving through San Angelo Texas when a 24-year-old woman caught his attention. He later reported Amanda Jeffreys “beckoned” to him and “requested a ride.” So he let the hitch-hiker hop into his white Silverado.

After cruising around for a while, the two of them decided to stop at a 7-Eleven. While he was inside, at the ATM, he noticed the truck start moving. The worst part is the Chevy wasn’t even his truck, it was a work truck. So he sprinted out to the parking lot.

San Angelo Police Officer Jeremy Cannady was actually nearby. He was close enough to see the man “yelling and pleading” with a woman, begging her not to drive away in his truck. When she drove away anyway, Cannady went after her. He lit up his sirens and signaled her to pull over. Jeffreys just kept on trucking.

Officer Cannady took off in pursuit, and Jeffreys pushed the truck even faster. Soon the two were racing along at 80 mph. That’s when things got messy.

“The defendant drove in several circles in a residential neighborhood south of West Beauregard Avenue before proceeding north on Jackson Street, driving over a curb, through an open field area, and driving down an embankment to enter the Houston Harte Expressway.”

Official Police Complaint

Of all the structures in town that Jeffreys could have run into, she somehow hit the San Angelo police station. The complaint specifies that she plowed into the northwest corner of the building, smashing a water pipe. The collision and subsequent leak damaged furniture, computers, and other office equipment. The department estimated damages at $100,000.

With the Silverado finally immobile, Officer Cannady was able to arrest Jeffreys. Police found another jail to put her in, where she stayed for lack of $50,000 in bail. I wonder if she tried to call Peterson to bail her out?

The first official charge Jeffreys faced (on a rap sheet that would include grand theft auto and evading arrest) is “Criminal mischief between $100,000 and $200,000.” And I have to say, I couldn’t have come up with a better phrase to describe this entire absurd caper.

The end of the story may be even more unbelievable. First of all, after Jeffreys was found guilty a judge only sentenced her to probation. But after three years of countless parole violations for alcohol and drugs and refusing to pay her fines, the judge had enough. Jeffreys was sentenced to four years in jail. Perhaps she can start by fixing the place up.