[quote]An Apple Valley woman possibly distraught over the recent death of her son repeatedly stabbed herself in the chest with a screwdriver and started her house on fire this morning, police said.
She then led police on a chase that ended after road spikes were deployed to flatten her tires in neighboring Eagan, police said.
Police got a call around 9:15 a.m. saying that Rhonda Arkley, 49, had poured gasoline inside her house at 4754 142nd Street in Apple Valley and was threatening to kill herself.
When officers arrived at the home, flames were coming out of the rear of the house. Arkley was locked inside her car outside of the house, and she was stabbing herself in the chest with a screwdriver, police said.
When she saw the officers, Arkley drove away, triggering a chase that ended in neighboring Eagan, police said.
Rosemount resident Jim Corrigan was in his car trying to make a left-hand turn from Pilot Knob Road to Cliff Road when a squad car "came whipping down Cliff and backed up onto the sidewalk at the traffic lights."
Corrigan said the officer pulled a set of road spikes out of his trunk and "waited, talking on his radio."
"I could see in my rear-view mirror there was this car coming really fast," Corrigan said.
The car, which he said was a station wagon, "went right over (the spikes) like it was nothing."
According to police, as they approached Arkley's stopped car, she was using a hammer to pound a screwdriver into her chest.
She
was taken to Regions Hospital with puncture wounds and burns, police said. A spokesperson with Regions said Arkley's condition was not immediately available.
Apple Valley Police Chief Scott Johnson said police had been to Arkley's house numerous times in the past, the most recent of which was when her 22-year-old son was found dead in his bedroom on Nov. 17. There were no obvious signs of trauma and police are still waiting for a cause of death from the medical examiner, Johnson said.
Criminal records show Arkley was convicted of fifth-degree domestic assault in 2005. She was placed on probation for a year.
Apple Valley Fire Chief Nealon Thompson said it took 30 firefighters from Apple Valley and Rosemount about two hours to put out the fire.
Thompson declared the house "a total loss," adding that the cause of the fire was still under investigation.
Arkley's husband, Stuart Arkley, 49, who was in the house when the fire was started, ran to a neighbor's home. He also was treated at Regions Hospital, police said.
Johnson said police were still investigating the incident, and charges of fleeing a police officer or arson were possible.
Jessica Fleming can be reached at 651-228-5435.
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tldr: A woman burns her house with her husband in it, stabs herself with a screwdriver, drives away, and after she is caught she pounds the screwdriver into her chest with a hammer.
I heard this on the radio coming home from school just now, and holy shit, it must be a crazy gene in her family because her son mysteriously died too. And only about 10 minutes from where I live.
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Psychos, Psychos everywhere.
[QUOTE=JJ Webby;26453172]Psychos, Psychos everywhere.[/QUOTE]
don't be a dick
her son died, and she didn't know how to handle it
[QUOTE=Leon Trotsky;26453251]don't be a dick
her son died, and she didn't know how to handle it[/QUOTE]
And her first thought was burn down her house and pound a screwdriver into her chest?
She probably had a screw loose.
[QUOTE=Leon Trotsky;26453251]don't be a dick
her son died, and she didn't know how to handle it[/QUOTE]
There are obvious mental problems if she copes with arson and self mutilation.
Ah nuts, she's screwed.
There are easier ways to kill yourself lol.
fuck sake this story is awful. screw the guys who are posting awful puns.
[QUOTE=General_Xing;26453372]There are easier ways to kill yourself lol.[/QUOTE]
She probably didn't want to kill herself. It said she was convicted of domestic abuse, and maybe she feels responsible for her sons death (definitely possible) and was torturing herself as a form of punishment.
[QUOTE=FHamster;26453338]There are obvious mental problems if she copes with arson and self mutilation.[/QUOTE]
There is a big difference between losing a family member, and losing your child...
makes us Minnesotans look bad
[QUOTE=**Chris**;26453456]There is a big difference between losing a family member, and losing your child...[/QUOTE]
She's still clearly mentally disturbed, it's not the normal response, and it's nowhere near appropriate.
What's with the abundance of baby deaths, suicides and homicide threads these days?
That has to be extremely scary for the officers, trying to detain a woman that feels she has nothing to lose.
My first thought when I saw the title was "Whats a screwdriver doing in the kitchen?"
She got some balls for killing herself with a screwdriver.
[QUOTE=fordlover89;26453887]My first thought when I saw the title was "Whats a screwdriver doing in the kitchen?"[/QUOTE]
That was just terrible and out of place.
That whole story is screwed up.
:ohdear:
[QUOTE=fordlover89;26453887]My first thought when I saw the title was "Whats a screwdriver doing in the kitchen?"[/QUOTE]
There's a drawer in my kitchen with screwdrivers in it...
[QUOTE=DigiTech;26453851]That has to be extremely scary for the officers, trying to detain a woman that feels she has nothing to lose.[/QUOTE]
From what I can tell, I don't think she would be a threat. I would be more worried about the mental well-being of the guy who found her pulled over hammering the screwdriver into her chest.
[QUOTE=Rasrap Smurf;26453935]There's a drawer in my kitchen with screwdrivers in it...[/QUOTE]
Really? I always kept my tools in the basement :3
Happened thirty minutes away from my town, and she had the car chase a good fifteen minutes from my town.
crazy shit
Yeah, Like I said I live close, and I heard it on the radio. The dj said it would be graphic, but I did not expect this.
[QUOTE=fordlover89;26453887]My first thought when I saw the title was "Whats a screwdriver doing in the kitchen?"[/QUOTE]
I have screwdrivers in my kitchen drawer for utility and its convenient.
[QUOTE=**Chris**;26453456]There is a big difference between losing a family member, and losing your child...[/QUOTE]
but a child is a family member
am i not right?
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Somethings a little screwy about this
This isn't normal, at all, she must of had a previous mental abnormality to get this wrenched.
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