She Ran a Red Light — Then Silently Begged the Officer for Help
Officer Kayla Wallace was almost finished with her shift when she pulled over a white Jeep for running a red light.
At first, it looked like a routine traffic stop.
But while the male passenger wasn’t looking, the female driver repeatedly mouthed two words to Officer Wallace:
“HELP ME.”
The officer immediately separated the passenger and placed him in the back of her patrol car.
That’s when the woman revealed the terrifying truth: she said the man had shot someone and forced her to drive the getaway car at gunpoint.
A BOLO was issued, and police arrested 29-year-old Collins Bates. He was charged with attempted murder, kidnapping, and weapons offenses related to the shooting.
A simple traffic violation led to something much bigger.
One officer stopped a car. Another crime may have been stopped, too.