Overview
- Police identified the driver as Katrina Deann-Renee Patterson of Canton, who was taken into custody after the early Nov. 9 crash at the Ulta Beauty store on Woodward Avenue.
- Officers had responded to reports of a white SUV on train tracks, observed an open alcohol container, and said the driver fled when asked for her license.
- The pursuit moved through neighborhood streets into an alley by northbound Woodward before the SUV smashed into the store at 27844 Woodward Avenue.
- Police said Patterson tried to escape by backing up and ramming a patrol car, causing additional damage inside the store before the vehicle became stuck; no officers were injured.
- Patterson was arraigned Nov. 10 in 44th District Court on multiple felonies, her next hearing is Nov. 21, a DUI determination awaits blood-test results, and a male passenger was cited for open alcohol and released.