A Carter County woman faces multiple charges after police say she led officers on a pursuit in a stolen vehicle.

Deputies of the Carter County Sheriff’s Office arrested Tiffany Brooke Grindstaff, 23, 110 A Hobart Hyder Drive, Elizabethton, early Saturday morning and charged her with theft over $1,000, felony evading arrest, and resisting arrest.

According to court records, around 1:20 a.m. on Saturday, deputies responded to a home on Gap Creek Road after a man called 911 to report someone had just stolen his red Pontiac Grand Prix. CCSO Lt. Brian Durham said while responding to the call he spotted a car matching the description of the stolen vehicle in the area of Bob Little Road and Sneed Hill Road.

Durham said he turned his vehicle around, activated his lights and sirens, and attempted to perform a traffic stop on the car, but the driver sped up instead of stopping.

“I advised Sgt. (David) Caldwell that the vehicle was failing to stop and he advised he would be in position to deploy stop sticks,” Durham said. “As we approached the intersection of Bob Little Road and Stateline Road the suspect vehicle struck the stop sticks with both left side tires.”

The vehicle then turned left onto Stateline Road and began traveling toward Elizabethton at around 50 m.p.h., according to Durham. Officers with the Elizabethton Police Department also responded to the area to assist CCSO deputies.

The driver turned onto Park Avenue and then Pine Ridge Circle before turning onto Spruce Lane, which is a dead end.

“Once the vehicle came to a stop, I observed the female (driver) attempt to flee on foot while a male passenger remained in the vehicle,” Durham said. “E.P.D. officers were able to catch the female as she fled from the vehicle.”

Officers identified the female driver as Grindstaff and the male passenger as Michael Paul Bartlett Jr., 24, of 1277 Bluefield Ave., Elizabethton. During the investigation, officers learned that Bartlett was wanted on two warrants out of Carter County Criminal Court — one charging him with failure to appear and the other charging him with violation of probation. Tennessee Constable Mark Carrier arrested Bartlett on the outstanding warrants.

After Grindstaff and Bartlett were taken into custody, Durham said he spoke with the vehicle’s owner, Tyler Siebenthal, who had called 911 to report his car had been stolen. Siebenthal told officers that Grindstaff and Bartlett had been at his home but had been told to leave.

“(Siebenthal) stated that he told the two they could sit in the car to charge their phone to call a ride,” Durham said. “(He) stated he then went to take a shower and when he returned the vehicle was gone.”

Grindstaff appeared in Carter County General Sessions Court on Monday morning for arraignment. Judge Keith Bowers Jr. appointed attorney C.J. Roberts to represent her and scheduled her to return to court on Oct. 16.