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A Pennsylvania woman was arrested and charged with weapons offenses and driving while intoxicated Thursday after authorities identified her vehicle as stolen using automated license plate readers, police in Gloucester Township said.
Aleesa McIver, of Philadelphia, was charged with receiving stolen property, assault by auto, eluding, hindering apprehension and weapons offenses.
Police were at the Howard Johnson Hotel investigating a separate incident at 2:27 p.m. Thursday when a car entered the parking lot and passed by a patrol car that alerted police that the car was reported stolen out of Philadelphia, police said.
When officers tried to stop the car, a passenger exited the vehicle and attempted to run into a room before officers detained the person, authorities said.
The car exited the parking lot at a high rate of speed traveling southbound on the Black Horse Pike when it was spotted by another officer driving erratically across a median before turning around and fleeing northbound, authorities said.
At 2:43 p.m., officers were called to a motor vehicle collision in the area of Station Avenue and Roosevelt Avenue in the Glendora section of Gloucester Township possibly involving the stolen vehicle, police said.
Officers were told that one of the drivers fled the scene with a duffle bag, and the woman was quickly located by police and confirmed to be the driver of the stolen vehicle, authorities said.
Investigators determined that the stolen car failed to stop at a stop sign and caused a head on collision, police said. The driver of the other car suffered minor injuries but refused to be taken to the hospital for treatment, officials said.
The driver of the stolen car was found in possession of a handgun, high-capacity magazines and prescription narcotics, police said.
Empty alcohol containers were found in the the car, according to authorities.
An attorney for McIver could not be reached for comment Friday.
Matthew Enuco
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