An entitled driver who led police on an 110mph chase through Ohio complained about losing her phone when she was arrested.
Esther Paragulla, 33, was seen in infuriating bodycam footage being apprehended on a highway shoulder after the dramatic 30-mile pursuit ended when patrol cars surrounded her vehicle.
As state troopers pulled her from the vehicle on the Ohio Turnpike, she can be heard complaining about her phone being confiscated and questioning whey she was being arrested.
Paragulla claimed to have no idea what ‘fleeing and eluding’ meant in the footage obtained by Law&Crime.
With approximately three minutes left in the video, officers are seen urging Paragulla to surrender during the on June 29 incident.
Esther Paragulla, 33, was seen in infuriating bodycam footage being apprehended on the highway shoulder after the dramatic 30-mile chase ended when patrol cars surrounded her vehicle and she was slowed to a stop
As state troopers pulled her from the car, she was heard boldly complaining about her phone being confiscated while questioning the officers’ actions, and claimed to have no idea about the meaning of the term ‘fleeing and eluding’
‘You’re not going to win this one! The car is already falling apart,’ a trooper said in the footage. ‘You’re already in enough trouble, you don’t want to be in more. Go ahead and pull it over. You’re never even gonna make it there’s like 10 of us now.’
‘Pull it over, your tires are done, your car is done, you are done,’ the trooper. ‘There is nowhere else for you to go! Pull it over now!’
The chase finally ended near the I-77 exit for Cleveland and Akron. Troopers, guns drawn, surrounded the stopped Nissan.
To gain access to the vehicle, officers broke the passenger-side window and forcibly removed a male passenger, who was then subdued on the ground.
Troopers then approached the driver’s door and pulled her out of the vehicle.
‘Ow, what’s your friggin’ problem?’ the driver said while she was being put in hand cuffs. ‘Are you guys serious right now?’
When the trooper took Paragulla’s phone, that was the woman’s last straw.
‘You’re under arrest for fleeing and eluding,’ the trooper answered.
‘For what? For fleeing and eluding? What does that even mean?’ the driver asked.
The chase finally ended near the I-77 exit for Cleveland and Akron. Troopers, guns drawn, surrounded the stopped Nissan. Troopers then approached the driver’s door and pulled her out of the vehicle.
Paragulla (pictured) pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity on July 8th
As Paragulla was taken into custody, the arresting trooper informed her of her Miranda rights.
Simultaneously, the male passenger who had been in the car remained on the ground with his hands cuffed behind his back.
Authorities have yet to identify or charge the male passenger involved in the high-speed chase.
The pursuit originated in Trumbull County before entering Portage County, where Esther Paragulla was subsequently indicted.
She faces charges of assaulting a trooper, fleeing and eluding police, and obstructing official business.
Paragulla pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity on July 8th.
