GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - An Alachua County woman is behind bars after leading state troopers on a chase Tuesday evening with a young child in her vehicle.

Faith Perry, 29, was arrested on charges including fleeing law enforcement and child neglect.

Florida Highway Patrol troopers said Perry made an unsafe U-turn around 7:30 p.m. in the area of State Road 222. She sped up when a trooper tried to pull her over.

The trooper used a ramming technique on Perry’s vehicle to stop it.

Perry was taken to the hospital, then to jail.

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