Update: Fortune is charged with: Expired Tag, Failure to Yield Right of Way, Improper Lane Change: Failure to Signal, Reckless Driving, No Proof of Liability Insurance, Disobeying a Police Officer, misdemeanor, Disturbance of the Family Peace, misdemeanor, Fleeing, felony
She is currently being held without bond and will appear before the Rankin County Court Judge.
Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey issued the following statement.
At 12:47pm on Thursday, October 2, 2025, the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department responded to a domestic dispute at a residence on Glendale Place near the Reservoir area. The suspect was identified as Latoya Fortune.
While enroute to the location, deputies were informed that Latoya Fortune had fled the residence in a maroon Nissan Rogue SUV. After being spotted by deputies, a traffic stop was attempted but Fortune continued fleeing southbound on Lakeland Drive toward the City of Flowood.
Fortune was initially stopped after several miles on Lakeland Drive near Dogwood Festival Blvd but when deputies attempted to pull her from the vehicle she fled again.
As the pursuit re-initiated an officer with the Flowood Police Department executed a “Tactical Vehicle Intervention” (TVI) on Lakeland Drive near Howard Wilson Lane which resulted in the Nissan Rogue rolling over and coming to rest on the right median. Latoya Fortune was removed from the vehicle and detained. After being evaluated by medical personnel she was transported to the Rankin County Detention Center.
At this time Latoya Fortune has been charged with Felony Fleeing, however; additional charges are likely.
The Rankin County Sheriff’s Office would like to express its appreciation to the Flowood Police Department for their assistance with this incident.



25 comments:
When keeping it real goes wrong.
She kept it real.
This young lady needs help, not the first time allegedly violating a restraining order. Had a standoff in Grenada County years ago.
Thank goodness she probably had the car fully insured with paid up premiums.
3:19
First of all, this is anything but a lady. This is a woman. Also, this is a violent criminal who is completely brain dead to anyone's welfare except her own. She is beyond help as are the millions of other violent offenders in this country. This a perfect example of someone who would run into a soccer mom with 3 kids while running from the police, kill them all and blame it on somebody else.
On the other hand, it reminds me of the facebook LEO clip of cop cars chasing a motorcycle doing 130 through a residential neighborhood.
3:19 I agree she needs to get help while in the prison system. Sorry to call her a lady, should have said female driver! Just hope she doesn’t get a weak soft judge!
Too many rental homes in that area.
Or, "how to put out a fire with gasoline."
Completely understandable. Doubtless, she fled in fear of being GeorgeFloyd-ed by the pursuing officer.
This is sad Latoya, let it go and move on with your life.
Fortune going to find the cost for her bad judgment quite pricey.
One of our crime fan judges will give her 10 years and 10 years served concurrently with 7 years suspended.
She still looks pissed off in the mug shot.
How much the high sherf pays K'fish to post a story about him ever day?
Wheels! Of! Fortune!
I'd like to solve.
wow , thats over in the hidden hills neighborhood .
home to many of the beautiful people of the SEC.
THEY BETTER CALL A emergency meeting of the home owners association about all that gang banging .
It must bother you that Kingfish, as you say, has an article regular on the high sheriff. How much will your broke ass pay for him not to write an article as often? Put your money where your mouth is.
I print his press releases just as the TV stations do. No more, no less. Of course you wouldn't know that because you are ignorant. Go bitch at wlbt and wapt for doing the same thing.
Wait, you mean a blog self-described as "news, commentary, culture, & jackassery" posts stories that are current news and definite jackassery? No! You're kidding!
It blows my mind that people are so reckless. These idiotic selfish twats just do as they please with no consideration to the lives that could be impacted by driving so recklessly. And unlike responsible adults who work and pay taxes, they are undeterred by the impact to insurance rates, medical bills, legal fees, fines or god forbid credit scores.
Because we all know they will never actually pay for any of these consequences. Its messed up and you know the cost of these useless criminals is passed directly to the rest of us in higher premiums and welfare programs to support lazy idiots with no emotional control.
Hell, all she had to do to avoid ALL of this was be a grown up like the rest of us.
And I bet that car note payment will not be made this month.
Why is it almost ALWAYS a Nissan...
5:58 Are you for real! That was unnecessary in simply pulling over was all that was needed. Endangering everyone & school students, bus drivers, elderly people & etc she alone is to blame. Thanks you to all LEO’s for keeping the roads safe. Thank goodness her license will be REVOLKED!
@9:05 Nissan will finance anyone. They wouldn’t be able to sell their shit boxes with time bomb Jatco CVTs otherwise. Their trucks are a different story.
Ms Fortune is a sick person! Does not need to be near a car or weapons. A prison sentence will keep her from the public because she is not getting the help she needs. Let it go Latoya and move on with you life.
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