Early Wednesday afternoon, Amarillo police were called to a financial institution in the 3300 block of I-40 East on a female attempting to cash a stolen check.
As officers arrived, the female left the scene in a 2004 red Chevrolet Avalanche. Officers initiated a traffic stop, but the driver sped up refused to stop.
Officers began to chase the suspect on the access road of I-40 but disengaged when she began driving recklessly into a neighborhood.
A short time later, officers located the Avalanche abandoned in the 1100 block of south Woodland Street. Deborah Barbosa, 34, was found a short distance away and identified as the driver of the vehicle.
Barbosa was arrested for Forgery of a Financial Instrument and Evading Arrest/Detention in a Motor Vehicle. She was booked into the Potter County Detention Center.
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