Virginia woman wanted for fentanyl-related murder arrested following wild police chase
PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, Md. - A Virginia woman wanted for murder was arrested Tuesday following a police chase that spanned two states and ended in a crash.
Karen Nicole Pollard has been on the run since Dec. 28. The 37-year-old from Triangle, Virginia is accused of shooting and killing 51-year-old Patricia Kathlean Beglinin after Prince William County detectives believe an argument over fentanyl escalated between the two.
Just before noon on Tuesday, a woman called the Arlington County Police Department to report that Pollard took her car keys and stole her Audi sedan.
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Karen Nicole Pollard (Prince George’s County States Attorney Office)
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Woman wanted for murdering 51-year-old over fentanyl pills: police
Police are on the lookout for a woman wanted for fatally shooting a woman over an argument about fentanyl pills, police say.
A lookout for the vehicle went out, and later that afternoon, a Virginia State Police trooper spotted Pollard traveling east on I-495. When the trooper tried to pull her over, VSP officials said she took off and the chase began.
Pollard kept the pursuit going on the highway before taking Exit 7 into Prince George's County. Officials said she lost control of the vehicle at the intersection of Old Branch Avenue and Simpson Road and crashed into several other cars.
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Virginia woman wanted for fentanyl-related murder arrested following wild police chase Photo via Virgina State Police Department
Bruised and shaken up from the collision, Pollard was arrested and taken to a nearby hospital to receive treatment for the minor injuries she sustained.
She's now facing a long list of charges — ranging from murder to use of a firearm in the commission of a felony — in multiple counties.
This is a developing story. Check back with FOX 5 for updates.