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Ramsey gets five days for crashing into front porch
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A woman who slammed her car into someone’s front porch while fleeing lawmen has been placed on probation for a year.The woman, Jessica Hope Ramsey, 27, entered guilty pleas before Circuit Court Judge Bart Stanley to the charge of reckless endangerment. She was directed to serve five days of a one-year sentence and to make restitution.The chase that ended in the crash began when she pulled into the path of an oncoming deputy in her Chevrolet Suburban.“I had to hit my brakes to keep from hitting the vehicle,” said Sheriff’s Lt. Jason Walker, noting he turned around in a driveway and started to pursue the vehicle down Yager Road. “She accelerated away at a high rate of speed.”The deputy said Ramsey turned into a drive at Yager Apartments.“I saw a large dust cloud,” he reported.