Seattle mom does best 'COPS' impression

Published: May 24, 2008 at 6:33 PM
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SEATTLE, May 24 (UPI) -- Pauline Goldmeier did her best imitation of an episode of the TV series "COPS" when she chased down several bicycle thieves, the Seattle mother says.

The 41-year-old legal secretary said when she saw teens apparently trying to steal her bicycle, she decided she would no longer be a victim and pursued the suspects in her own car, The Seattle Times said Saturday.

"They had no idea whose bike they were stealing," said the mother of two. "I've had a lot of things happen to me, and I'm tired of it."

Goldmeier had been carjacked and kidnapped 13 years ago in Seattle and had only escaped that predicament by leaping from a moving car -- while pregnant.

Goldmeier said she eventually caught up with the teen who was riding her stolen bicycle and took action.

"He was laughing at me," she said, "but I floored it and literally cut him off a few feet from his face. He stopped laughing then and jumped off the bike."

The Times Goldmeier and her husband tracked down several suspects and three were later arrested by the police.


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