Florida Theft Suspect Leads Alabama Police on Pursuit
By: Rick McCann
Blue RAM Media/Gulf Coast News
November 8, 2025
BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala.
A police pursuit in Baldwin County Thursday ended in a collision with the driver receiving minor injuries and landing in jail.
Baldwin County Sheriff Deputies were on the lookout for a vehicle that had been involved in a theft in Florida and reportedly was heading into Alabama.
Deputies spotted the vehicle a short time later at about 5:45 p.m. and attempted to pull it over but the driver, later identified as Calisha Ebony Pettway, 26, fled.
ALEA state troopers joined in the pursuit which eventually ended when Pettway crashed in Spanish Fort on Jimmy Faulkner Dr near the elementary school and she was taken into custody.
Pettway complained of injuries and the Spanish Fort Fire Department, and an ambulance were called to the scene.
Pettway was later booked into the Baldwin County Detention Center and has been released on a $19,000 bond.
Her charges include:
Fleeing or attempting to elude law enforcement officer
Reckless Endangerment
Buying/Receiving Stolen Property
Stolen Property From Out of State
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