Laurel police arrest woman for driving through Main Street Festival

Laurel police say they stopped a woman as she purposely drove on a closed road through crowds of people getting ready for the start of the Main Street Festival Leaders explained News no festival goers were hurt An officer had minor injuries but is expected to be okay Police say The woman -year-old Kai DeBerry-Bostick was warned multiple times not to drive through closed roads but she ignored their commands police revealed Her car was parked within the perimeter of the festival and she insisted she had to get out to go to work Authorities disclosed body worn camera video showing the officer s interaction with the woman before she pulled down the yellow tape and took off An officer could be heard offering to call her a taxi before she started driving As she drove an officer could be heard repeatedly shouting Stop and Get out of the car Another video shot by a vendor at the festival revealed how the event ended police pulled DeBerry-Bostick out of her car and leading her away in handcuffs I just didn t know where this was coming from noted Richard Friend who shot the video of her arrest A bizarre way to start our morning for sure It happened near his Laurel History Boys booth at the festival Hearing the commotion of people yelling stop hearing her blow the horn you right away go to the worst episode scenario you re thinking someone is gonna drive through the crowd Friend declared But she was driving very slowly We even thought so not one of those but didn t know what was happening Two weeks ago Montgomery County police stopped a woman who allegedly tried to drive through a K race course Friend mentioned he didn t feel DeBerry-Bostick was trying to hurt anyone we re with the Laurel History Boys so we re all about history This is the first time in years of the Main Street Festival that we ve had an matter like that Friend declared Police say DeBerry-Bostick is facing multiple charges including assault resisting arrest and reckless endangerment