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In Palm Coast, Florida, 65-year-old Julia Kalthof allegedly took the law into her own hands by using her SUV to chase a 14-year-old along a bike path.
Newly released bodycam footage captures the intense confrontation between deputies and Kalthof. Law&Crime’s Jesse Weber breaks down the investigative video and speaks with the victim’s parents, Adam and Christina Ellis, about the terrifying ordeal.
A quiet night in Palm Coast, Florida quickly took a very strange and potentially dangerous turn last summer.
This is when a woman was accused of taken the law into her own hands and trying to chase down with her car a teenager on a E -bike.
Reportedly, so she could scold him for going to fast .
You may remember this story.
Now , we are getting a look at the interviews on police body cams showing how deputies were able to piece all this together.
But is really the video from then 14 year old Gage that is so unbelievable because he was riding along the Pine Lakes bike and walking path next to the road right around nightfall.
Started filmining when a SUV suddenly started following him getting way too close for comfort.
And there’s this ,filmed by a witness showing both Gage and the driver of the SUV flying acrosswalks, and at times,
she seems to get dangerously close to him.
A man , later told deputies that he saw Gage waving his arms trying to get someone to help him.
Apparently ,his girlfriend wasn’t far behind driving a separate car, so he told her to start recording on her phone, and at one point she points the camera at her odometer as she ‘s alonside them showing they’re going 20 miles an hour.
And the boyfriend, again this witness , used his car to essentially block the SUV and let Gage get away,he also reached out to dispatchers to let them know what was going on.
And the deputy responded to talk to witnesses, but by that point it seems Gage and the suspect were gone.
And the deputy was able to get a license plate number from the witness video and track the SUV….
… back to 65 year old Julia Kalthoff.
And when he confronted her, he didn’t hold back.
So, at this point, since Gage has sped away to safety , investigators weren’t so sure who their victim was.
But that changed the next day when his parents got in touch with law enforcement,according to Gage , this woman , Kalthof, had screemed at him , chased him, and tried to force him off the path.
So ,the deputy does some research ,but can’t seem quite pin down what he’d be able to charge Kalhof with.
But ,Gage’s parents aren’t giving up , they want to press charges, so they speak with another deputy aday later.
And apparently the deputies will actually come out to this house a third time , but this time a sergeant is there.
Now, that same day two depuites go to Julia Kalthof ‘s home ,the suspect and they let her explain hereself again.
According to a police report, quote ;
Julia was placed under arrest for aggravated assaut with a deadly weapon without the intent to kill .
As G.E was in fear for his life that he would be struck and reckless driving for driving on a bike path and sidewalk while following him.
Julia also received a uniform traffic citation, Julia was transported to the Flagler Inmate Facility without incident.
Gage’s parents, Adam and Christina ,they told “seeing the video that Gage took,that was scarry enough, but when they saw the witnesses video , they knew that their son came really close to being seriously hurt.
What happens? January this year , Julia Kalthof entered a no contest plea to both charges, and according to Flagler County court records, she was sentenced to 3 years of probation.
She also had to spend 10 days in jail with credit for 2 days.