Judge weighs bail for woman accused of driving wrong way on Route 101

Ajouté : 2026-05-22

[00:00:00]PASSENGER ZACHARY LAPIERRE WERE ARRESTED AFTER CRASHING INTO A STATE POLICE CRUISER.

[00:00:05]OFFICIALS SAY JUST BEFORE 2 A.M.

[00:00:07]SUNDAY, ELLACOYA WAS REPORTED DRIVING EAST IN THE WESTBOUND LANES OF ROUTE 101 IN EPPING.

[00:00:12]COURT DOCUMENTS SAY TROOPER SEAN MCCLURE PLACED HIS CRUISER IN FRONT OF AL TEKOA, LETTING HER HIT HIS VEHICLE IN ORDER TO PREVENT A HEAD ON CRASH WITH OTHER VEHICLES.

[00:00:22]HE HAS CONCUSSION LIKE SYMPTOMS BUT IS OTHERWISE OKAY.

[00:00:25]AN AFFIDAVIT SAYS.

[00:00:26]DURING QUESTIONING, ELLACOYA CHANGED HER STORY ABOUT HOW MANY DRINKS SHE HAD AND WHERE SHE WAS COMING FROM, THE CHARGES AGAINST HER INCLUDE DUI AND FELONY COUNTS OF RECKLESS CONDUCT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON.

[00:00:37]WHILE PROSECUTORS ASKED A JUDGE THIS MORNING TO KEEP HER IN CUSTODY.

[00:00:41]DAKOTA’S ATTORNEY CALLED THIS ONE BAD NIGHT.

[00:00:43]THE DEFENDANT DOES NOT HAVE PRIOR CRIMINAL HISTORY OR HISTORY OF FAILING TO APPEAR, BUT THERE ARE SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT ENSURING THE SAFETY OF THE DEFENDANT AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC, AND HOW IMMINENT THE POTENTIAL FOR DANGER AND TRAGEDY WAS FROM THE ALLEGED OFFENSES.

[00:00:58]THIS APPEARS TO BE THE RESULT OF ONE BAD NIGHT AND NOT A PATTERN OF BEHAVIOR THAT PUTS EITHER MISS ALDEN OR THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE AT RISK.

[00:01:08]THAT PASSENGER, ZACHARY LAPIERRE, IS CHARGED WITH DISORDERLY CONDUCT AND CONTEMPT.

[00:01:12]COURT DOCUMENTS SAY HE WAS HELD FOR HIS BEHAVIOR DURING THE ARREST, INCLUDING BERATING TROOPER MCCLURE TO PROVOKE A RESPONSE.

[00:01:18]A JUDGE DID AGREE TO LET HIM BE RELEASED ON PERSONAL RECOGNIZANCE.

[00:01:22]JUDGE LINDSEY COURTNEY SAYS SHE WILL FURTHER REVIEW DAKOTA’