Laurel police arrest woman for driving through Main Street Festival
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Laurel, MD - Laurel police say they stopped a woman as she purposely drove on a closed road through a crowd of people getting ready for the start of the Main Street Festival.
Officials told no festival goers were hurt. An officer had minor injuries but is expected to be OK.
Police say the woman, 28-year-old Kai DeBerry-Bostick, was warned multiple times not to drive through closed roads, but she ignored their commands.
Her car was parked within the perimeter of the festival, and she insisted she had to get out to go to work.
Officials released body camera video showing an officer's interaction with the woman before she pulled down the yellow tape and took off.
An officer could be heard offering to call her a taxi before she started driving. As she drove, an officer could be heard repeatedly shouting, “Stop!” and “Get out of the car!”
Another video shot by a vendor at the festival showed how the encounter ended: Police pulled DeBerry-Bostick out of her car and led her away in handcuffs.