According to the Graves County Sheriff's Office, just before 4:00 am a deputy was dispatched to a report of a vehicle chasing another vehicle on the Purchase Parkway. A man told police he was taking his wife and child home, when a vehicle driven by Mena Powell came up along side his vehicle and began making hand gestures which made him feel that she was pointing a gun at him.
The man told police that Powell then followed his vehicle at a high rate of speed, within inches of his back bumper. He said at times Powell would pull along side his vehicle and swerve toward him, which caused him to have to leave the roadway.
Police spotted Powell's vehicle and pulled her over. According to deputies, Powell appeared to be under the influence of a drug. Powell also had a small child in the back seat not wearing a seat belt nor restrained in a child safety seat.
Powell was arrested and charged with four counts of wanton endangerment, reckless driving, no operator’s license, failure to wear a seat belt and failure to use a child restraint device. She was booked into the Graves County Jail.
