BLAINE — An Everett woman will spend a year in prison for stealing an empty school bus in Stanwood and driving it north to Blaine before crashing it into a patrol car, then trying to swim away from police in the Blaine harbor.
The Bellingham Herald reports that Elizabeth Jane Ray was sentenced Thursday.
She was originally charged with second-degree assault on a police officer, two other felonies and misdemeanor hit and run. She pleaded guilty to reduced charges of third-degree assault, possession of a stolen vehicle and attempting to elude police.
Prosecutors say Ray stole a Stanwood-Camano Island School District bus May 1 and drove away. When officers spotted it, Ray rammed a Blaine patrol car and headed away. She crashed the bus, jumped out and ran into the water.
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