>A woman suspected of trying to run over two hospital security guards has been arrested after leading Sheriff’s Deputies on a short pursuit in the North County.
On Monday, December 15, just before 11:00 a.m., the Sheriff’s Communications Center received several calls of a woman driving recklessly through the Kaiser Permanente Medical Center parking lot, located in the 400 block of Craven Road in San Marcos. She hit several parked vehicles and tried to run over two security guards when they tried to stop her. Fortunately, no one was hurt.
The woman drove off before deputies arrived on the scene.
Just before 1:00 p.m., the woman was seen driving on westbound State Route 78. Deputies from the San Marcos Sheriff’s Station tried initiating a traffic stop near Mar Vista Drive in Vista, but the woman sped off.
The pursuit, which lasted about 10 minutes, ended near the intersection of Jefferson Street and Carlsbad Village Drive in Carlsbad.
Stephanie Gomez (DOB 07/23/1991), the driver and sole occupant, was taken into custody with the assistance of a Sheriff’s K-9 Unit. She was placed under arrest and booked into the Vista Detention Facility for assault with a deadly weapon, felony resisting law enforcement and felony evading.
