Woman Faces Dozens Of Charges After Trying To Run Down Officers: Police

NASHVILLE, TN — A 47-year-old Nashville woman faces dozens of charges after police say she nearly hit them with her car during an attempted arrest. Angela Sage told WSMV, though, she suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder which is why she reacted so dramatically.

West Precinct officers tried to arrest Sage on numerous outstanding charges Tuesday afternoon at a tire store on Charlotte Pike, but as they approached her car, she put it into reverse, rammed a police cruiser and then put the car back into drive. Plainclothes officers said she accelerated, crashing through an iron gate and forcing six people, including four police officers, to jump out of the way. (For more updates on this story and free news alerts for your neighborhood, sign up for your local Middle Tennessee Patch morning newsletter.)

Early Wednesday, officers spotted her again, this time on 40th Avenue North. She drove towards Briley Parkway, where police were able to arrest her after spiking her tires.

As she was being taken in to custody, WSMV had arrived on the scene.

"They act like I killed somebody. All I do is drive with no driver's license, and they try to stop me," Sage told the station. "Because I have post-traumatic stress syndrome, it freaks me out, you know, when they corner me...so I run."

Among other things, Sage is charged with aggravated assault and reckless driving, plus a litany of other outstanding charges.

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