PHIPPSBURG
A woman led Police Chief John Skroski on a high-speed chase for nearly a mile late Tuesday afternoon before he arrested her at her Main Road residence, Skroski said today.
Rebecca Dyer faces charges of failure to stop for a police officer, exceeding the speed limit by more than 30 mph and operating after suspension. Dyer made bail Tuesday night at Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset, Skroski said.
Skroski said he was coming off Sam Day Hill Road when he saw Dyer drive by on Route 209. The chief said he knew who was driving the vehicle, and that he had remembered seeing recently that the vehicle was unregistered.
“I headed after her and she just took off down the road, at about 80 miles an hour,” Skroski said. “She pulled into her driveway with me in pursuit. I ran into the door, saw someone else and asked where she was. The person pointed a finger toward the hall, I went down the hall and placed her into custody.”
The speed limit on that section of road is 45 mph, and some school children were still on their way home, Skroski said.
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