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Opera Singer Involved In Mar-A-Lago Car Chase Refuses To Appear Before Judge
by Caitlin Yilek
The opera singer accused of plow- ing through two security check- points at President Trump’s Florida resort refused to appear before a judge.
Hannah Roemhild, 30,
was expected to appear before Palm Beach County Circuit Judge Ted Booras on Saturday morning but refused, the Palm Beach
Post reported.
The judge rescheduled her bail hearing for
Monday morning. Roemhild is charged with assaulting an offi- cer, fleeing police, and resisting arrest, according to records.
A Florida Highway Patrol trooper encountered Roemhild at The Breakers resort
Friday morning when the officer responded to a call about a woman “doing some kind of dance” on top of a car.
Roemhild refused to speak with the responding troop- er, who pounded on the window of
her rented SUV to get her attention before smashing it to try and stop her from fleeing, Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw said.
Police said Roemhild drove the SUV toward Mar-a-Lago as she fled, crashing through two secu- rity checkpoints around the perimeter of the president’s resort. Bradshaw said officers with Secret Service and the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office fired shots at the vehicle, but she was able to lose track of them.
Authorities dis- covered her a short while later
at a hotel, where they tackled her to the ground and arrested her.
At some point during the chase, Roemhild picked up another woman who is believed to be her mother.
Roemhild had no criminal history in Connecticut, where her driver’s license is from. She was in Palm Beach for a Jan. 28 performance, according to her Instagram page.
Trump was not in Palm Beach at the time of the incident but arrived later in the day.
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