Texas woman on tractor jailed for joining Fourth of July parade without permission

ROCKWALL, Texas — A Texas woman riding a tractor was arrested Saturday after she refused to cooperate with officers and parade officials by joining a Fourth of July parade, authorities said. The woman then led police on a chase before she was arrested.

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Laurie Leigh Bostic, 61, faces charges of evading arrest, interference with a processional, disorderly conduct, and criminal mischief, according to Rockwall County Sheriff’s Office online booking records.

According to the Rockwall Police Department, organizers of the city’s Fourth of July parade told Bostic she would not be allowed to participate in Saturday’s parade because she caused a disturbance in the event’s staging area, The Dallas Morning News reported.

Bostic entered the procession anyway, the newspaper reported. She then fled on the tractor after officers tried to stop her because she was behaving dangerously, KTVT reported.

“Officers were able to force her from the road, where she ran into a fence, disabling her tractor,” the department said in a statement.

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