Pair accused of leading DPS, Nevada police on chase in stolen motorhome

BOULDER CITY, NV (AZFamily) — Two people are behind bars in Nevada after investigators said they led Arizona troopers and Nevada police on a chase in a stolen RV on Tuesday.

According to the Arizona Department of Public Safety, someone reported a stolen motorhome heading south on U.S. 93 in the White Hills area just before 6 p.m.

Troopers found the motorhome about 33 miles south of the original report in Golden Valley, roughly 10 miles northwest of Kingman.

DPS said troopers tried to pull over Joshua Bailey and a woman in the RV and they pulled to the right side of the highway.

But then the two took off, heading south again.

Troopers said they tried a spike strip to stop the RV but it wasn’t successful.

Bailey then drove through the median and headed north, DPS said.

DPS said it stopped chasing the pair in the White Hills area, but troopers in the DPS helicopter kept following them through northern Arizona and into Nevada.

Bailey and the woman made their way into Boulder City, which is about 26 miles southeast of Las Vegas, around 7 p.m.

The Boulder City Police Department said National Park Service law enforcement rangers set up spike strips several times to stop the motorhome, but they didn’t work.

NPS, DPS and BCPD continued to chase the pair in the city when investigators said the unidentified woman jumped out of the RV while Bailey was driving.

She was taken into custody.

Bailey allegedly continued through city streets and into a trailhead. Police said he ditched the RV near U.S 93 and Canyon Road and rode off on a bicycle he had inside the motorhome.

DPS troopers in their helicopter tracked him as he rode through neighborhoods.

Boulder City officers found him and arrested him about 1.5 miles away from the RV.

A BCPD was taken to the hospital for minor injuries and later released.

Bailey was booked into jail on multiple charges, including reckless driving, driving with a suspended license and evading a peace officer.

He also faces charges for alleged crimes in another Nevada city and recommended charges from DPS about possible crimes in Arizona, BCPD said.

The woman was booked into jail on an outstanding warrant from another Nevada county.

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