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California dreams end in nightmare for woman charged in violent wrong-way 405 Freeway crash

LOS ANGELES — Like countless others before her, Lisa Ann Heflin of Oakview, Mo., headed to Los Angeles earlier this year chasing a dream of fame and fortune. What she found instead was notoriety. The Los Angeles County district attorney's office has identified Heflin, 41, as the driver of a white van that plowed into oncoming traffic on the 405 Freeway last week after crashing into several ...
The suspect who led police on a pursuit on the 405 freeway on May 17 lived in her van for about a month near this intersection at Rose and 3rd Avenues in Venice in Los Angeles, California, photographed on Wednesday, May 22, 2024.

LOS ANGELES — Like countless others before her, Lisa Ann Heflin of Oakview, Mo., headed to Los Angeles earlier this year chasing a dream of fame and fortune.

What she found instead was notoriety.

The Los Angeles County district attorney's office has identified Heflin, 41, as the driver of a white van that plowed into oncoming traffic on the 405 Freeway last week after crashing into several police cruisers and leading police on a wild pursuit.

The office on Wednesday charged Heflin with 10 counts of assault upon a peace officer, four counts of assault with a deadly weapon, one count of fleeing

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