A 19-year-old woman was arrested Friday afternoon after Palm Bay police say she fled an attempted felony traffic stop in a vehicle reported stolen out of Stuart, drove through busy shopping areas, and crashed at a business on Malabar Road, according to a probable cause affidavit.
Palm Bay Police Officer Nicholas Todd wrote that on Feb. 27, 2026, officers in marked patrol vehicles attempted to stop a silver 2002 Honda that had been reported stolen. Todd reported the vehicle accelerated away and traveled “at a high rate of speed” through “multiple heavily congested pedestrian shopping plazas” before continuing through several roadways in southwest Palm Bay.
The affidavit states the driver eventually turned onto Adige Court, a dead-end street, where Todd (in an unmarked vehicle) activated his emergency lights and began preparing for a felony stop. Todd reported the Honda made a U-turn, crossed into his lane, and collided with the front end of his vehicle before fleeing again.
