A scorned Oklahoma woman is behind bars in Tulsa after allegedly stealing her ex-boyfriend’s new girlfriend’s car and then driving it straight into the man’s home.
Tulsa Police issued a statement about the “mad” ex-girlfriend, named Anabel Torres.
The statement included photos showing the stolen red SUV deep inside the man’s splintered home.
The intentional crash allegedly happened at 5:39 a.m. on Sunday, March 15, while the man’s girlfriend and her two young kids were over visiting. No one was hurt during the incident.
Cops said that when they responded to the scene, they “heard screaming and saw a vehicle that had been driven directly through the front of the residence.”
Torres, 24, had stopped by her ex’s home earlier and “began acting erratically,” eventually leaving the scene in the current girlfriend’s vehicle.
She later returned and plowed straight into the house, according to police.
It was unknown how fast the car was traveling when Torres drove it through the front door.
“Officers heard Torres make a statement indicating she intended to drive over anyone there,” reads a statement. “During the incident, the stolen vehicle also struck two additional parked cars.”
Torres was taken into custody, according to cops, “but wasn’t happy about it,” the press release continues. “During the arrest, she fought with the officers a little bit.”
She now faces multiple felony charges, including assault with a deadly weapon, assault and battery on a police officer, malicious mischief, larceny of an automobile, and resisting arrest.
Torres is a tribal member and falls under the McGirt ruling governing tribal sovereignty. Therefore, detectives turned the case over to the FBI and Tribal Authorities for further investigation.
The Supreme Court in 2020 ruled in the McGirt v. Oklahoma case that areas reserved for the Muscogee Nation by Congress in the 19th Century were never disestablished, meaning the entire eastern half of Oklahoma now falls under the ruling.
As a result, criminal prosecutions of Native Americans for offences committed in those areas fall outside of the state’s court system. In those cases, jurisdiction over prosecutions is left to indigenous judicial systems and federal district courts.
Police did not share how long ago Torres and the man ended their relationship.
She is being held at the Tulsa County Jail.
It was unclear if she had entered pleas or retained legal counsel. She also does not have a future court date set.
Also unknown was whether the vehicle was totaled in the crash.
