Milwaukee police chase, crash; probation for woman charged
Na'Stalgia Packer-Wells
MILWAUKEE - A Milwaukee woman was sentenced to two years of probation Monday for an August 2020 police chase and crash.
Na'Stalgia Packer-Wells, 27, pleaded guilty to fleeing/eluding police and two counts of second-degree recklessly endangering safety.
According to a criminal complaint, officers were in an unmarked squad car near 27th and Vliet when they "heard squealing tires." The car was speeding and fishtailing. Packer-Wells was the driver.
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The car turned onto 27th Street, running a red light, before officers pulled it over near 28th and McKinley. The complaint states Packer-Wells "asked (the officer) why he was following her and harassing her." When the officer went back to the squad car to begin writing a citation, Packer-Wells sped off and a chase ensued.
The pursuit stretched more than six miles on city street and the interstate at speeds greater than 90 mph. It ended when Packer-Wells ran another red light and hit another vehicle. Both vehicles, the complaint states, spun "violently out of control" and knocked down street signs and lights.
A woman and her two-month-old baby were in the other vehicle that was hit, the complaint states. The woman suffered pain, swelling, and abrasions as a result of the crash.
Packer-Wells was initially sentenced to two years in prison, but the judge stayed that sentence in favor of probation.
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