And then, did you see my blue lights back there? >> Yeah, I did. >> You did, but you decided to continue? Ma'am, if you leave, you're going to jail. >> Shut the [ __ ] up. >> Put your hands behind your back. Ma'am, I don't want to do this with you. Put your hands behind your back. >> On July 25th, 2024, a Dawson County deputy tried to stop a driver after seeing her back up in the middle of the roadway. What started as a simple traffic stop quickly escalated when she refused to cooperate with the deputy. >> Go ahead and sit in your car. >> Huh? >> Go ahead and sit in your car. I'm pulling you over. This is a traffic stop. I've been behind you since Kalu. >> I know. I'm late for my doctor's appointment. >> I don't care. >> What? >> Get in your car, please. Can you roll down your window, please? >> 573, Dawson. 573. >> I'm Corporal Davis with the Sheriff's Office. The reason I'm pulling you over for improperly backing in the middle of the roadway. Any reason for that? Did you just miss your turn? >> I'm late for my doctor's appointment. >> Okay. That's no reason to drive the way that you're driving, right? You're going to cause an accident. >> Is it? >> Yes. >> And then, did you see my blue lights back there? >> Yeah, I did. >> You did, but you decided to continue? >> 10-4. >> I know I had to come here. Do you mind driving out here? >> Do what? >> Did you mind driving out here? >> Do I mind driving out here? That doesn't make sense. >> Did you mind driving here? Following me. >> I was conducting a tra- I was attempting to conduct a traffic stop on you. >> I I >> You got your So, you continued anyways. >> Yeah. >> Okay. You got your driver's license on you? You see blue lights, ma'am, you need to pull over. Okay. So, now you're going to be extremely late to your doctor's appointment instead >> I need to talk to you about >> For what reason? That you failed to yield to an emergency vehicle? >> Yeah. >> That's why you want to talk to my boss? Okay. No. Stay. So, I'm coming down Lumpkin Campground and she stopped in the middle of the road backing up at that dangerous hill right there at Kylo. >> Yeah. >> She She backs up good ways, stops, goes down Kylo holes but down Kylo. Turns right here on the Prominence. I've already got my blue my blue lights going. So, pulls on the Prominence. I'm right behind her. She knows I'm behind her. She just admitted it. I go, "So, you didn't want to stop?" She goes, "No, I have a doctor's appointment." I was like, "So, you Exactly. Oh, yeah. So, she's going to get you a couple tickets. I'm not going to take you to jail, but she's getting a couple tickets. >> At this point, the deputy wasn't planning to arrest her. She was only going to receive a couple of traffic citations. But, that was about to change. >> So, instead of pulling over and this could all been done. Ma'am, if you don't stay in your vehicle, I'm going to take you to jail. Please Please stay in your vehicle. >> Well, hurry up. >> Get back in the >> I'm [ __ ] >> Okay. You talk to me like that and I'm going to go ahead and take you to jail. Stay in your car. I might as well just take her to jail. She's probably not even going to sign the ticket. >> Well, the way how you said it on the radio, I'm like, "Oh, stop." >> Well, she wouldn't stop it. She was Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Um Well, she was hauling butt down uh Prominence right here. >> Ma'am, you can't leave. You cannot leave. >> Ma'am, if you leave, you're going to jail. >> You cannot leave. >> Put your hands behind your Put your hands behind your >> Just moments earlier, this was still a routine traffic stop, but after repeated warnings and her refusal to cooperate, it had now turned into an arrest. >> You don't care. >> No. >> I know you don't give a [ __ ] about nothing. >> Put your hands behind your back. Ma'am, I don't want to do this with you. Put your hands behind your back. Yeah, well. >> I got to get into the doctor's office. >> I don't care. You should have thought about that before you got in the car. >> You don't give a [ __ ] >> I know. >> My doctor told me to come here. >> That's fine, ma'am. Talk to whoever you need to. Well, you're about to cause an accident. You were about to. Hey, stop. Are you? Because you just earned yourself another charge. >> Hold on. Hold on. Hold on. Hold on. Let me Let me double lock it so they don't tighten. All right. Cool. All right. We're going to walk over this way. >> What the hell is going on? You got some kind of shady stuff going Got some money in your pocket. My purse is empty. >> We will get it. >> I don't know where the money is. What? Cuz it pissed me off. >> Huh? >> Cuz it pissed me You can take that down, okay? You can take yourself home if you want, all right? >> Where am I going? >> You're going to jail. >> You're about stupid as hell. >> Am I? >> I got to get to the doctor. >> I don't care. Sit down. >> You don't I know you don't care. >> follow directions. You were going to get two simple citations. Sit down. Two simple citations. Now you're going to jail. What's your name? >> Corporal Davis. >> Huh? >> Corporal Davis. >> What's your first name? >> I'm not telling you that. >> All right. I'll wait till you get It's locked. She can get it later. I'll follow you on to the jail. Okay. So did you have your phone on her? >> No. I threw it in I threw it in the purse. >> All right. >> I was almost done, man. >> Go ahead and toss them over to case number. >> By the end of the encounter, Mary had been arrested after admitting she saw the deputy's emergency lights but continued driving. The prosecution later chose not to pursue the fleeing charge, and the case ended without a conviction on that charge. She still received a citation for the original traffic violation. Traffic stops can escalate quickly, and following lawful instructions can help keep the situation safer for everyone involved.