BUTLER COUNTY — A female was driving a stolen car when she decided to follow a Butler County Deputy for 11 miles, just to see where he was going.
Sgt. Matala was driving to work in a marked patrol car around 7 a.m. Sunday when he noticed a vehicle following him.
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He was followed from Wayne Madison Road and Trenton Road in the city of Trenton for 11 miles, according to the sheriff’s office.
The vehicle matched Matala’s turns all the way to a parking lot on Bobmeyer Road in the city of Hamilton.
While being followed, the Deputy noticed the vehicle following him committed a few moving violations.
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Once both vehicles turned into the parking lot, Matala initiated a stop and found that Christina King of Middletown was driving a stolen B-Safe Driver Education Car.
“[ I ] just wanted to see where he was going,” King said when asked why she was following Matala.
“They drive to our jail and get arrested in the parking lot, now they are following our deputies across the county just to be arrested. We have a lot of deputies working today if anyone else wants to turn themselves in,” said Richard Jones, Butler County Sheriff.
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