Jessica Reynolds who led LA cops on a wild 110mph car chase that ended when she plunged her BMW into the Pacific is pictured for the first time since arrest as she appears in court

The redhead who led LA cops connected a chaotic 110mph car pursuit that ended pinch a plunge into nan Pacific is seen for nan first clip since nan incident successful exclusive DailyMail.com pictures.

Jessica Reynolds, 39, has been locked up astatine nan Century Regional Detention Facility since her lawsuit was referred to a intelligence wellness tribunal 2 weeks agone and criminal proceedings suspended.

Lawyers for nan mom-of-two had successfully based on that she was suffering from a ‘psychotic episode’ during nan bizarre early greeting incident connected March 16.

The extremity of nan chase, which was filmed by horrified formation goers, saw Reynolds title her metallic BMW crossed nan soil astatine Venice Beach earlier splashing into nan waves – leaving her 2 Boston terrier dogs, Rebel and Jewel, successful nan sinking vehicle.

Reynolds past swam retired to oversea and was picked up by an LA County Sheriff’s boat, arrested and taken to infirmary connected a 5150 psychiatric hold.

The 39-year-old was subsequently charged pinch 1 felony count of evading constabulary while disregarding information and 2 of animal cruelty. She could look up to 3 years successful situation if convicted.

But during a proceeding astatine nan Hollywood Mental Health Court connected Wednesday, Reynolds was recovered to beryllium mentally fresh to guidelines trial, pinch Judge Robert Harrison sending her lawsuit backmost to nan criminal system.

The 39-year-old was subsequently charged pinch 1 felony count of evading constabulary while disregarding information and 2 of animal cruelty. She could look up to 3 years successful situation if convicted.

Reynolds, who looked disheveled successful a brace of LA County Jail rumor bluish sweatpants and a agleam yellowish top, did not speak during nan little quality and looked down astatine her feet arsenic she was led into court.

She faces a caller proceeding connected Thursday successful El Monte, a suburb 15 miles eastbound of LA, wherever Judge Robert Villeza will determine really to proceed pinch nan case.

Her lawyer Saiid Arjomand declined to remark erstwhile approached by DailyMail.com extracurricular court.

Reynolds had antecedently pleaded not blameworthy to nan charges pinch her erstwhile lawyer Alan Gonzalez telling tribunal that nan incident was ‘a outcry for help’.

He explained: ’She was having a psychotic episode. She did thrust her car into nan ocean. You tin construe this arsenic a outcry for help. No-one was injured….and nan dogs were rescued.’

Gonzalez said that earlier nan incident, Reynolds had been successful a ‘toxic relationship’ involving narcotics and she had gone done a divorcement successful which she had mislaid custody of her son.

Reynolds, who had conscionable arrived successful California astatine nan clip of nan crash, subsequently moved to Oregon wherever she was surviving astatine a Christian residential rehab and moving a $22-an-hour occupation successful an Oregon storage earlier being taken into custody connected a $50,000 enslaved during her past tribunal appearance.

The wacky bid of events that led to Reynolds’s apprehension started precocious astatine nighttime connected March 15 successful El Monte wherever constabulary tried to propulsion her complete for speeding.

Instead of stopping, cops opportunity Reynolds – who has aggregate caller convictions for speeding and fleeing constabulary successful her autochthonal New Mexico – took off.

Heading westbound she yet deed Washington Boulevard successful Venice, which dormant ends adjacent nan Venice pier, and drove consecutive into nan water conscionable a mates of minutes aft midnight.

After opening nan driver's doorway Reynolds frantically tried to aquatics distant from cops till nan rescue vessel tossed her a flotation donut which she was capable to drawback to get aboard safely.

The rescuers managed to prevention nan two-year-old Boston Terriers earlier nan SUV was dragged distant by nan current, according to a constabulary report.

The adjacent morning, beachgoers unaware of nan incident arrived to find a car being towed from nan h2o up onto nan land.

The beforehand model was shattered and mounds of soil could beryllium seen successful nan beforehand and backmost seat. Skid marks successful nan soil could besides beryllium seen.

When DailyMail.com said to Reynolds’s ex-husband, Michael Hufstedler, 44, he revealed that conscionable past July, nan 2 had finalized a messy, long-drawn-out divorcement successful which he was awarded sole custody of their 12-year-old son.

'We were wholly successful love. I thought I'd recovered nan female of my life,' said Hufstedler, who utilized to tally a existent property appraisal patient pinch Reynolds successful Alto, New Mexico.

'She cheated connected maine pinch 1 of nan group that worked for me. Then she threatened to perpetrate suicide. I unrecorded successful a different authorities now, I've retreated totally.'

Hufstedler added that nan 2 dogs progressive successful nan incident are his though location was nary mention of who should support nan animals aft nan divorce.

As for Reynolds’s anterior run-ins pinch nan rule successful New Mexico, successful October 2019 she pleaded nary title to a criminal speeding complaint of much than 30mph complete nan limit. The lawsuit was deferred and dismissed, according to tribunal records.

She pleaded nary title to a September 2020 complaint of resisting an officer, which was again deferred and dismissed – though nan tribunal later issued a warrant for her apprehension aft she grounded to salary her good and fees.

Reynolds pleaded blameworthy to speeding 16-20 mph complete nan limit, pinch nary impervious of security successful November past year. Again, nan charges were deferred and dismissed.

Another warrant was issued successful December past twelvemonth aft she grounded to show up for a tribunal hearing, but by January she had met each her ineligible obligations, according to nan docket.

Reynolds was besides charged past November pinch sloppy driving and 'leaving nan segment of an mishap involving harm to a vehicle'. But according to tribunal records, she has not yet entered a plea successful that case.