Woman wants charges dropped

Now at 11.

A local mom wonders why she still has charges filed against her.

Police thought she was driving a stolen vehicle, but they had the wrong car.

However, they still charged her with evading arrest, even though she never went over 50 miles an hour before stopping.

Here is her story.

Timeka menifee shows me the car she says she was pulled over in friday night.

It's a silver ford taurus with no plate, and a piece of cardboard in the back window reading "stolen tag applied for."

Timeka menifee: "i have no reason to run from anybody.

I hold a valid driver's license.

I have car insurance.

I don't have any priors.

I don't have any reason."

According to an affidavit, at around 11:28 friday night a red bank police officer told dispatch that they were in pursuit of a possible stolen vehicle described as a ford taurus with what appeared to be a homemade temporary tag in the back window.

The pursuit ended at the highway 27 south bound on ramp.

The affidavit says that around 9 minutes later, a hamilton county deputy saw a car matching that description on i-24.

It was menifee, her husband and child.

Timeka menifee: "i didn't even think he was pulling me over at first, cause i was in the far left lane and then i heard his sirens come on.

So, i thought he was trying to hurry up and get to a call.

So i get over and then he gets over with me."

The affidavit says the car continued to drive at speeds of 45 miles per hour and travelled around 2 and a half miles before coming to a stop.

Timeka menifee: "when i pulled over i looked in my rearview mirror and i saw that he had a gun pulled out and i couldn't really hear what he said because i was kind of freaked out by it, but while i was listening.

He was telling me to get out.

Open my door get out with my hands out and get out and lay on my stomach on the ground."

The affidavit says the red bank officer came out to the scene and positively identified the car as the one that evaded him.

But, menifee says it wasn't her.... she had just been to a hotel to drop-off a backpack to her daughter and had stopped at a gas station.

She says she told authorities to look at security cameras.

Timeka menifee: "when i got to the jail i was still pleading with the officer to just look telling him you've got the wrong people like you have the wrong car."

Menifee was arrested and paid bail to get out of jail.

She faces charges of evading arrest, felony evading, felony reckless endangerment and reckless driving.

News 12 reached out to red bank police about the incident and have not heard back yet.

Right now she faces charges of evading, reckless endangerment and reckless