Tara Murray
Police have arrested a woman in St Albans following an alleged erratic driving incident through multiple north western suburbs on Wednesday night.
Officers were called to a property at Cairnlea Drive, Cairnlea just after 7pm to reports of a woman asleep inside a vehicle.
Registration checks on the black Ford Fiesta confirmed it had been stolen from a Maribyrnong shopping centre car park on Saturday.
Police attempted to intercept the vehicle however it allegedly drove off at a fast rate of speed.
Police on the ground received support by the Air Wing who assisted in locating the vehicle, which allegedly continued to drive at a fast rate of speed and on occasion travelled onto the footpath to manoeuvre around traffic.
The vehicle was tracked to an address in Marsden Crescent, St Albans where a 51-year-old Moonee Ponds woman was arrested.
A search of the vehicle allegedly located further stolen property including two sets of stolen number plates.
The Moonee Ponds woman has been charged with 13 charges including theft of a motor vehicle, failing to stop upon police direction and reckless conduct endangering life.
She was remanded to appear before court today.
