A woman who almost crashed head-on into a police squad at Coquina Beach was ordered Jan. 4 to apologize and serve a 24-month probation.
Amanda Young, 43, of Bradenton, was arrested in the parking lot in July 2017 after her husband reported to authorities she wanted to end her life.
The state charged Young on counts of fleeing and eluding police and obstructing police.
The charges follow a Bradenton Beach officer observing an unoccupied truck idling in the parking lot. The officer returned to see Young’s truck appear like it may ram the police vehicle, but it stopped short.
After Young pleaded no contest to both counts, Judge Edward Nicholas sentenced her to 100 hours of public service and to write a letter of apology to the Bradenton Beach officer whose vehicle she nearly hit.
On a count of obstructing police, the judge ordered her adjudication withheld and a concurrent 12-month probation.
Young was given credit for time served in jail for both counts.
She was assessed $888 court costs and fines, according to court records.