Crime & Safety

Woman Hits Cop Car, Flees, Swears and Gets Arrested

An Oak Lawn woman backed into a Palos Heights police car after a bar brawl in Chicago Ridge. That was just the start.

It started with a bar brawl, included a chase down Harlem Avenue and ended with handcuffs and an expletive laden rant.

Tiffany Enriquez, 25, of the 9500 block of Central Avenue in Oak Lawn, was present at a bar in Chicago Ridge on April 7 when a large brawl involving more than 50 patrons broke out, police said. Officers from , , and Worth all responded to Bobby McGee's, 10139 S. Harlem Avenue, to offer backup.

When Enriquez went to back her car out of a parking space in the bar's lot she struck a Palos Heights police car, police said. A Palos Park officer attempted to stop her from leaving, but she ignored him and pulled toward the exit, police said.

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Enriquez then fled northbound down Harlem Avenue. A Palos Park officer attempted to pull her over and she only accelerated her car, police said. Enriquez finally pulled over at the bottom of the 95th Street ramp.

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She told the officer that she did not hit a police car and, "didn't know why her tail light was damaged," police said.

Enriquez showed signs of impairment and refused to submit to field sobriety tests, police said. She continuously swore at the officer during the stop, police said.

According to the incident report she told the officer, "F--- you, my aunt works for Anita Alvarez, you can't do s---." 

Enriquez had a female passenger in the car whom she told police she did not know and was giving a ride home to. 

A breath test revealed a blood alcohol level of .129, police said. 

Enriquez was charged with hit-and-run property damage, fleeing and alluding and driving under the influence. 

Her next court appearance is on April 24. 

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