Crime & Safety
Londonderry Woman Faces Reckless Driving, Other Charges In Hudson
Sara Stapleford was arrested Wednesday after being accused of driving recklessly, failing to stop for cops, crashing her Audi in Windham.
HUDSON, NH — A Londonderry woman is facing multiple charges after a high-speed chase in Hudson that led to a crash in Windham, according to police.
Around 7 p.m. on May 14, an officer on Central Street in Hudson near Park Avenue attempted to stop an Audi A5 after a check yielded that the owner had a suspended driver's license. The driver of the vehicle, later identified as Sara T. Stapleford, 20, of School House Road in Londonderry, was accused of failing to pull over and fled from the officer at a high rate of speed.
The officer, according to police, "pursued the Audi A5, but as the vehicle approached Windham, it continued traveling at a high rate of speed, and in an extremely reckless manner by traveling into oncoming traffic in an effort to pass other cars in its lane." The officer stopped chasing the vehicle and about 15 minutes later, Windham police advised Hudson officers that the Audi had crashed in their community.
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The Hudson officer responded to the scene and confirmed the driver was Stapleford, according to a report on Facebook.
A warrant was issued for Stapleford's arrest and she turned herself in to Hudson police Wednesday and was charged with reckless driving, disobeying a police officer, and driving with a suspended license. She is due in Nashua District Court on June 19.
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Stapleford, according to Londonderry police, was arrested at 3:42 p.m. on May 5 after a motor vehicle stop on Rockingham Road. She was charged with driving after revocation or suspension. On Dec. 18, 2019, Stapleford was arrested on driving under the influence of drugs or liquor and unlawful possession and intoxication charges after a crash on High Range Road in Londonderry. She was also arrested on Nov. 24, 2019, on an unlawful possession and intoxication charge on Rockingham Road.
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