Drunk Woman Driving Recklessly on Interstate Calls 911 on Herself, Tries to Kiss Arresting Officer

A drunk woman driving recklessly down the interstate reportedly “called 911 on herself” and then tried to make physical advances toward the arresting officer, according to the Indiana State Police.

The unexpected sequence of events played out beginning in the early hours of Sunday, November 1, according to a press release from the department. It was approximately 1:36 a.m. when dispatch received a 911 call from a woman described as “highly intoxicated.” She was later identified as Meisha Thomas of Chicago.

While Thomas, 42, was only able to provide “erratic information to dispatchers,” according to police, they were able to track her location. A responding officer located a vehicle traveling southbound on I-65 between 30 and 50 mph in a 70 mph zone, describing it as “swerving across lanes, impeding traffic, and causing other motorists to brake and take evasive action.”

The vehicle eventually responded to the trooper’s attempts to pull them over, with the press release alleging they found Thomas behind the wheel with “multiple signs of impairment, including slurred speech, bloodshot eyes, poor coordination, and a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage.”

Thomas allegedly told the officer she had left a casino in Gary, Indiana and was headed home to Chicago. According to the release, investigators determined that at the point she was pulled over, the woman had traveled approximately 36 miles in the wrong direction, away from her destination.

She was unable to complete field sobriety tests, per the officer, and refused chemical testing under Indiana’s implied consent law, and so police obtained a search warrant for a blood draw, sending a sample to a local hospital for testing. The outcome of that test was not included in the statement.

The suspect allegedly made “repeated inappropriate” comments and physical advances toward the arresting office, “including attempting to kiss him while he was securing her in a seatbelt,” per the release, and allegedly continued “making kissing gestures, sounds, and suggestive remarks.”

One of these alleged incidents, police stated, led to a felony charge of battery against a public safety official. Thomas was also hit with misdemeanor charges of operating a vehicle while intoxicated, operating a vehicle while intoxicated endangering a person, and reckless driving.

Authorities have not revealed if Thomas was given bail, entered a plea, or when she is due in court, per CBS News.