Mom Crashes, Ditches Her Kids, Crashes Stolen Car: Police

FARMINGTON HILLS, MI – A mother of three is behind bars after allegedly wrecking her car, ditching her kids and taking off in a vehicle belonging to a driver who had stopped to help with the accident she had just caused — and then crashing his car in a spectacular conclusion to a pair of wild police chases earlier this week, authorities said.

Ashley Dorsey, 27, of Detroit, took off when a Farmington Hills police officer returned to his vehicle after pulling her over in a traffic stop at Eight Mile and Newberry about 3:45 p.m. Tuesday, the Detroit Free Press and WJBK-TV report.

Officers were nearby for accident No. 1, a four-vehicle pile-up at Seven Mile and Newberry that police allege Dorsey caused.

Leaving her three minor children behind in the crashed vehicle, Dorsey allegedly hopped into the vehicle whose driver had gotten out to help with the accident, She drove about two miles before accident No. 2 at Farmington Road, police said.

Police took Dorsey into custody there after a brief struggle, and she was arraigned Wednesday in Livonia’s 16th District Court on the following charges:

• Two counts of third-degree fleeing and eluding a police officer,
• Two counts of assaulting/resisting/obstructing a police officer,
• One count of unlawfully driving away a motor vehicle,
• One count of receiving and concealing stolen property-motor vehicle,
• One count of third-degree child abuse, and
• One count of operating while license suspended or revoked.

On Thursday, Dorsey remained in the Wayne County Jail on $500,000 cash or surety bond. Her preliminary hearing is scheduled for March 3.

If convicted of the charges, Dorsey could go to prison for five years.