A woman who allegedly led police on a chase through West Nowra earlier this week in which road spikes were deployed has appeared in court.
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Summah Darlene Reynolds, 24, of Nowra, faced a variety of charges stemming from the alleged chase on Monday, July 24 and other incidents.
She did not apply for bail before Magistrate Gabriel Fleming in Nowra Local Court on Tuesday, which was formally refused.
She is charged with police pursuit, breaching bail, aggravated break and enter, stealing a motor vehicle, taking and driving a car without consent, using unauthorised number plates, using a vehicle in breach of a defect notice and removing a defect notice.
Court papers said Reynolds was behind the wheel and had a male passenger in a blue Holden Astra spotted by police on Albatross Road trying to turn into Calymea Street just after 1pm on Monday.
Police said the vehicle aborted its attempted turn, continuing east along Albatross Road before turning onto a dirt track and travelling into the Flinders Industrial Estate.
The pursuit continued along Flinders Road and back onto Albatross Road, where police say speeds reached up to 130km/h in an 80 zone.
The vehicle turned onto Cabbage Tree Lane reaching speeds of 120km/h in an 80 zone and allegedly avoided deployed road spikes.
The pursuit continued onto Yalwal Road, reaching 130km/h in a 100 zone and 90km/h in a 60 zone before police terminated the chase.
The vehicle was found abandoned a short time later. Officers allegedly found a number of items in the car belonging to Reynolds, including a doctor’s certificate, an iPad and clothing.
They also found the keys nearby.
Police allegedly spotted Reynolds, who was a passenger in another vehicle, around 9pm that night.
She was arrested and also charged with breaching her bail as she was supposed to be confined to her home between 8pm and 6am.
Court papers said she had previously been issued with two warnings over her bail conditions.
She also faces charges of aggravated break and enter after allegedly breaking into a Sydney home with two male accomplices while people were inside, between June 12 and 13.
During the break-in she allegedly took a set of car keys and stole a VW Golf as well as a laptop, wallet and backpack.
On June 16 police allegedly found Reynolds and a male accomplice in the car off Braidwood Road at Yerriyong, west of Nowra.
Despite initially telling officers she had got the car from a friend, she later admitted to breaking into the Sydney home and driving the car to Nowra.
It was alleged she also regularly changed the registration plates on the vehicle in an attempt to avoid detection.
She told officers she had taken the car to Braidwood Road on a couple of occasions to perform burnouts, allegedly filmed by her boyfriend.
Police say they found the footage on a mobile phone they seized.
She was also charged over driving a vehicle in Nowra on June 9 despite it having major defect notices, including issues with tyres, seat belts and unsecured battery and body parts.
Magistrate Fleming fined her $433 for that offence and an additional $325 for removing the defect notice from the vehicle without consent.
Reynolds will return to Sydney Downing Centre Court on August 8 to face the other charges.
