A 67-year-old Stonecrest woman's dinner out ended with handcuffs after an anonymous tip pointed Wildwood police to her table at Prima Steakhouse in The Villages. Karlene Jennifer Moncrieffe Boyer was taken into custody at the restaurant on a later warrant issued to revoke her bond following her arrest after a July chase that allegedly saw her drive through yards and across a golf course before crashing into bushes and running on foot.
According to Villages-News.com, Wildwood police officers responded to Prima Steakhouse after receiving an anonymous tip about a woman with an active Marion County warrant issued to revoke her bond following her July arrest, and she was taken into custody in an outdoor breezeway area on Kiessel Road. Officers reportedly handcuffed Boyer without incident, and she was booked at the Sumter County Detention Center, where she is being held without bond pending transfer to Marion County deputies.
How the Case Started on a Residential Street in July
The warrant traced back to an incident in which Marion County Sheriff's Office deputies and a K-9 unit went to Boyer's home on SE 174th Loop to serve an active robbery warrant, as reported by Voice of South Marion. A deputy spotted Boyer's white Honda CR-V traveling in the opposite direction on SE 115th Terrace Road and activated lights and sirens to initiate a traffic stop, but the outlet reports she accelerated instead of pulling over.
From there, the chase veered off the roadway entirely. The same account describes Boyer allegedly cutting through residential property and onto a nearby golf course to avoid law enforcement, before the SUV continued through nearby streets and eventually returned to the golf course, where it crashed into bushes.
A Foot Chase Ends With Deputies Taking Her Down
After the crash, the driver allegedly fled on foot across the course before deputies caught up with her, per the same account. The report states that Boyer resisted as deputies attempted to take her into custody by pulling away, but she was eventually handcuffed without further incident.
Boyer was arrested on charges of fleeing or attempting to elude a law enforcement officer with lights and sirens activated, along with resisting an officer without violence, the outlet reported. She was booked into the Marion County Jail on those counts following the July incident. The later warrant that led to her arrest at a Villages restaurant was issued to revoke her bond following that arrest.
What Florida Law Says About Fleeing From Police
Under Florida Statutes section 316.1935(2), willfully fleeing or attempting to elude a marked law-enforcement vehicle with its siren and lights activated is classified as a third-degree felony, according to the Florida Legislature. A conviction under that statute can also carry a driver license revocation of at least one year and up to five years, per the same statute.
