Highlights
- Still and passenger Michael Gregory Wall face a combined eight charges after a Friday night incident at Scottsdale Airport.
- Still drove through the airport's security gate while commercial and private planes were landing and taking off, then struck a parked jetliner.
- Phoenix police deployed a StarChase GPS tracker and helicopter pursuit before the chase ended at the airport.
- The FBI is investigating the trespassing; Scottsdale PD is expected to recommend felony criminal damage charges against Still.
A Glendale woman led Phoenix detectives on a chase that ended Friday night with her Dodge Challenger crashing into a parked jetliner on an active Scottsdale Airport tarmac, court documents released Monday show. Liberty Dawn Still, 33, and passenger Michael Gregory Wall, 24, face a combined eight charges, with federal charges possible as the FBI investigates the airport trespassing.
The incident began when detectives with the city's street-racing task force spotted a Black Dodge Challenger near State Route 51 and Bethany Home Road. Still was driving so slowly on the freeway that she was blocking traffic, according to court documents. When detectives activated their sirens, Still refused to stop. Officers deployed a StarChase GPS device, which tags a vehicle and allows remote tracking, and followed the Challenger by helicopter from Phoenix into Scottsdale.
At the airport, Still reversed into a detective's vehicle before driving through the security gate. Commercial and private planes were landing and taking off at the time. She weaved around several planes parked on the tarmac, narrowly missing them, before ramming through a closed hangar door. She then drove between several large private planes before crashing into a "very expensive" jetliner that was parked, according to documents. Still exited the car and ran toward the tarmac before detectives took her down.
Wall attempted to escape by crouching along the hangar wall. Police used a stun gun on him, then struggled for several minutes to handcuff him as he resisted. He was taken to a hospital and later refused to provide his real name, requiring fingerprint identification.
Still faces five charges: obstructing a highway, unlawful flight from law enforcement, resisting arrest, driving with a suspended license, and refusing to provide her legal name. Police also found an active Glendale misdemeanor warrant for her arrest. Scottsdale PD is expected to recommend felony criminal damage charges against her, per court documents.
Wall faces charges including assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest. Court records show prior convictions for driving under the influence, disorderly conduct, and unlawful flight, along with multiple prior arrests.
Could the suspects face federal charges?
Phoenix police said the FBI is investigating the trespassing onto airport property, meaning both Still and Wall could face charges beyond the current eight. Both also face potential trespassing charges in Scottsdale at the airport.
FOX 10 Phoenix and ABC15 have separately confirmed the core details of the incident. A Scottsdale PD charging recommendation on felony criminal damage is expected in the coming days.
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