After leading authorities on a 16-mile pursuit on Interstate 20 from Ruston to Arcadia, an Arcadia lady was taken into custody on June 12.
Around 3:30 a.m., Amy Lynn Lykins, 43, was first seen in the parking lot of the Ruston Police Department. A woman was seen on RPD security footage getting out of a pickup truck and making her way to the police station’s door. Then, as though shouting at someone inside, she went back to the passenger side of the truck and tried to open the door.
The truck then sped off as Lykins climbed in from the passenger side.
Suspecting a domestic dispute, an RPD officer tried to stop the truck when he observed it driving on North Trenton Street. At the intersection of North Service Road and North Trenton Street, the truck ran the red light and failed to stop for the officer’s lights and siren.
The officer was pursuing the car as it entered I-20 westbound and reached speeds of 103 mph.
In a construction zone, the driver pushed a car off the road and sped past many cars on the shoulder. Deputies from the Bienville Parish Sheriff’s Office blocked her with their cars as soon as the car pulled off of Interstate 20 near Arcadia.
After that, Lykins exited her car, but she quickly returned, locked the doors, and rolled up the windows. Lykins persisted in refusing to exit the truck even after officers gained entry through a window.
She resisted as they forcefully lifted her from the truck and carried her to the ground. Officers believe Lykins was conversing with the dog or himself at the police station parking lot because the only person found in the car was a dog.
Lykins was accused of running a red light, disobeying an officer, driving under suspension, aggravated escape from an officer, reckless operation, and speeding 103 in a 70 mph zone.
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