NEWS: A 34-year-old woman accused of fleeing a Charles County traffic stop before a deadly wrong-way crash in Brandywine was wanted on more than 20 active warrants across Maryland and Virginia, according to new court records reviewed by 7News.
Police identified the driver as Miya Stringfield. Authorities say the warrants spanned Arlington, Fairfax, Montgomery, Prince George’s, Howard, Anne Arundel and Frederick counties, with several involving felony theft offenses. Maryland court records reviewed by 7News detail alleged thefts from Ulta Beauty, Sephora, Macy’s and TJ Maxx totaling more than $10,000 in merchandise, not counting cases in Virginia or Frederick County.
Police say Stringfield initially sat in the passenger seat during the Aug. 25 stop, then allegedly climbed into the driver’s seat, pushed past an officer and fled with another passenger still in the car. Deputies later ended the pursuit after seeing the Toyota traveling the wrong way on Crain Highway. Seconds later, it crashed into two vans near McKendree Road.
The back-seat passenger, 33-year-old Alexis Monique Cummings of Temple Hills, later died from her injuries. Stringfield was seriously injured. The Maryland Attorney General’s Independent Investigations Division is still investigating the fatal police-involved crash.