Leader Staff
A Shawano teen facing multiple felony charges for a joyriding spree last year pleaded no contest Tuesday to five counts of auto theft, as well as felony counts of reckless endangerment, fleeing an officer and bail jumping.
Lindsay R. Holstrom, 17, was scheduled for sentencing on March 3 following a pre-sentence investigation.
Three other felony counts of bail jumping and 12 misdemeanor bail jumping counts were dismissed under the plea agreement, along with misdemeanor counts of resisting an officer, theft and criminal damage to property.
Holstrom was accused of stealing three cars and trying to steal a fourth during a 12-hour crime spree in the city of Shawano on May 12. She was waived into adult court on the charges.
She was later accused of stealing another car in the city on June 21 after she was released on a $3,000 signature bond in the earlier case. A $10,000 cash bond was ordered after her second arrest.
During the June 21 incident, Holstrom allegedly drove through several yards attempting to elude police, striking and damaging a boat trailer at one point and ramming the front driver’s side corner of a patrol car that had pulled up alongside her.
The roughly quarter-mile pursuit ended with Holstrom ditching the vehicle and fleeing on foot. The Police Department’s K-9 unit was brought in and Shawano County sheriff’s deputies assisted in the search. She was located in a nearby backyard.
Holstrom could face a maximum 10 years in prison and $25,000 fine for reckless endangerment. She is accused of endangering the safety of a police officer when she allegedly rammed his squad.
Holstrom could also face six years and a $10,000 fine on the felony bail jumping charge, and 3½ years and a $10,000 fine on each of the felony charges of auto theft and fleeing an officer.