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Video: Meth-fueled Ore. woman steals cruiser for joyride

As deputies scoured a crime scene, the woman climbed behind the wheel of a patrol car and led the cops on a pursuit

By Steve Mayes
The Oregonian

CLACKAMAS COUNTY, Ore. Tara Elizabeth Axmaker, high on meth, stabbed a man in the back in the wee hours of March 15, 2013, at a Mulino-area home.

When Clackamas County deputies arrived, they found the bloody victim but no Axmaker.

As deputies scoured the crime scene, Axmaker climbed behind the wheel of a responding deputy’s patrol car and led the cops on a “Dukes of Hazzard” pursuit down back roads and around blind curves.

Full Story: Video captures Tara Axmaker’s meth-fueled joy ride in stolen Clackamas sheriff’s cruiser