Sevier County woman charged with fleeing after pursuit thru Ashdown

A Sevier County woman has been charged with felony fleeing after allegedly leading authorities on a vehicle pursuit during an incident in Ashdown earlier last month.

According to records filed in the Little River County Circuit Court on Monday, 47-year-old Alicia Wolcott was arrested Nov. 8 by officers with the Ashdown Police Department. The arrest affidavit states that officers attempted to stop Wolcott’s vehicle for a traffic violation when “she began to flee and drive reckless through the city of Ashdown.”

Officers said Wolcott ran through five stop signs and drove 80mph in a posted 35mph zone. During the pursuit, Wolcott is alleged to have narrowly missed colliding with several other vehicles on the highway including one of the pursuing police cars.

The pursuit ended several miles later and Wolcott was taken into custody. She is facing a felony charge of fleeing. The offense is upgraded to a Class C felony if the individual fleeing “creates a substantial danger of death or serious physical injury to another person” and can carry a sentence of three to 10 years imprisonment.

Bond was set at $5,000.