Is he just upset that you were smoking or what? >> No, I'm trying to smoke to calm down, you know? >> Okay. He won't leave me alone. Courtney, all right, put your hands behind your back. On August [music] 3rd, 2024, the Michigan State Police received a call reporting an altercation between family members and quickly dispatched an officer to the scene. Upon arrival, the officer was met by one of the family members who was sitting alone on the ground and visibly distressed by what had unfolded moments earlier. Where are you? Do you have an idea on you? What was that? Okay. Is this your family or who is that? Okay. Is he just upset that you were smoking or what? No, I'm trying to smoke to calm down, you know? >> Okay. He won't [ __ ] leave me alone. The woman, 36-year-old Courtney L. Morrie, was furious, [music] to say the least, acting as if she hadn't done anything wrong. But once the officer spoke with the rest of the family to [music] understand what had happened, that perception quickly changed. What's going on today? Do you need medical attention? I don't know. This is where all this came from. Let me see the back of it. What happened today? I don't know. This is it it it the girl out there. He's been staying with from what I understand. And in but in the meantime, he come over here to help this lady out with some brush back here in the in the in the front yard. Mhm. Anyways, she wasn't She wasn't She wasn't happy him to took him away to ask him to help her work. Mhm. >> Well, and and so she and uh I guess she was angry. She called her a bunch of names earlier today about about the situation. And anyways, well, uh I was in the house and getting a bite to eat. I look out the window and here she comes storming up the driveway all red in the face. But you know, ready to go at it. And and sure enough, I got I got out here and and they're going at it. All set. All set. Okay, how did the tussle How did the I don't know. She got pissed off at me. While speaking with the family, the officer quickly began to understand the full picture of what had unfolded earlier and that Courtney was no innocent party as the marks on the man's body and the group's account made this clear. After learning what had happened, the officer returned to Courtney ready to deliver the harsh news. Courtney Courtney What? 2 days ago. 2 days ago? Okay. You're saying He's saying that you assaulted him. Do you have >> I'm not the one Do you have any other family or anything? No. What are you going to do? Fortunately, you're going to be under arrest for assaulting him. That's That's verbal assault, unfortunately. >> It don't matter cuz he can do whatever he want. Okay. >> But once I start getting a little irritated back, ooh. Okay, you just can't touch him though is the thing. You need to stand up. Put your hands Put your hands behind your back. You need to stand up. Put your hands behind your back. You can't trust me like Okay. So >> Well, if you can behave and put your hands in the front for me, I'll be cooperative with you, okay? He gets away with what he did, okay? >> Do you have anything in your purse? No [ __ ] Okay. Any weapons, anything? All right, I'm going to have to take a look at it real quick, okay? Okay, you can't You can't Courtney wasn't taking the news of her arrest lightly, instead challenging the officer as if she had some kind of authority at the scene. And rather than calming down, she was about to escalate the situation. They're going to toss it at the jail, so So, you're going to toss the Where? What am I supposed to do? Toss it in here. Unfortunately. Unfortunate. Unless you want to see if you can leave it with them. Courtney All right, put your hands behind your back. Now you're going to force me. Yep. Put your hands behind your back. Put your Put your hands Courtney Put the bag down. I'm not leaving my stuff. Not leaving my stuff. >> bag on the ground. >> Not leaving my stuff. You can't make me leave my stuff. >> I'm not going to make you leave it. YOU'RE TAKING COURTNEY DON'T DO WHAT I TELL YOU TO DO. TOSS THAT IN HERE. GET SOME OF HERE. COURTNEY PUT YOUR BAG ON THE GROUND. You ain't making me LEAVE MY STUFF. PUT YOUR BAG ON THE GROUND. >> WHY? So I can leave it? You're going to make me lose my Make me lose MORE OF MY STUFF. PUT YOUR BAG on the ground. You're going to make me lose more of my You're going to [ __ ] me too, huh, Po Po? Po Po [ __ ] me too. Put it on the ground. Put it on the ground. Put it on the You're going to make me lose more of my This is my [ __ ] PUT IT ON THE GROUND. MY PUT IT ON THE FREAKING GROUND. COURTNEY WAS TAKEN TO THE GROUND, but even then, she didn't settle [music] down, continuing her aggressive behavior. Thank you. Give me your other arm. You're doing this to me? Give me your arm. You're a fake. I got her. Yeah, but I'm suing the pants off you. Suing the pants off you. I'm suing the pants off you. Do you hear me? Yeah, I do with my door. I got her. I got her. Stand up. Yes, you can. I'm suing the pants off you. Yeah, I heard you the first time. What's your name? COURTNEY MORRIE, I DO NOT KNOW YOU. HUH? HUH? I'm suing the pants off you. I I should not Courtney At this point, Courtney was placed inside the patrol car, but the officers at the scene were about to realize that leaving her inside unattended wasn't the best idea as she was about to pull off a move that would have serious consequences. My hand my buckle. Inside the patrol car, Courtney managed to unlock her handcuffs and take control of the vehicle, leading officers on a pursuit that would involve not only them, but another COUNTY AS WELL. >> 6415 WE'RE IN PURSUIT OF A PATROL CAR. 6415 pursuing a good patrol car going the wrong way on the freeway. Last seen coming up to Moreland. 6409 is deployed. During the high-speed pursuit, Courtney crashed the car bringing the chase to a stop, but even then she wasn't ready to give up. Right now. GET DOWN. BOTH HANDS BEHIND YOUR BACK. HE IS BEHIND PUT YOUR arms behind your back right now. I can't move. 6414 [screaming] Stand up. >> [screaming] >> Carry me. I ain't walking. Use your legs. Yep. Carry me. My legs hurt. Yep. Use your head and toes. I'm not going back there. I don't care. You can't help me anyway. You going to walk? No, you can't. Let's go. Yeah, hold my arm. You shut up. Let's go. Come on. You going to You walking and pulling me like that. I'm walking. DON'T HOLD ME LIKE THAT. Let's go. Then walk. Let's go. Come on. You stop pulling me like that. Even as Courtney hurled insults at the officers, she had no way out now and was heading toward the harsh consequences the law had in store for her. Quick. SHE SAID SORRY ABOUT THAT BEFORE YOU GOT ARRESTED. I can't walk anymore. Good job. Put my bag in my car. I got to go over there. Wait. What happened? We assisted another troop and we were in the front. Next thing we know she's in the driver's seat flying. >> [sighs] >> All right. Is that one of your guys' cars? No. Uh who's your sergeant on right now? Vashaw. Vashaw? It was Grant. Yeah. Down there pretty good. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Let me give Vashaw a call and Thanks, Sarge. In the end, Courtney pleaded guilty to assaulting a police officer, fleeing police, and unlawful driving away. She was sentenced to 1 year in prison and placed on probation for 3 years. The judge also ordered Mori to pay more than $1,200 in fines and court costs.