COCOA, Fla. – A Cocoa mother has been indicted after Patrick Space Force Base was breached earlier this year, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
In a release, DOJ officials announced that Krishna Janosky, 29, entered the base “without lawful authority” back in February.
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At the time, deputies said Janosky had rammed through the base gate before getting out of her car along with her 4-year-old son and placing him into a nearby vehicle.
“While on the base, Janosky obtained and used the motor vehicle of another individual, knowing she was not entitled to the use of the vehicle,” the DOJ release reads.
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The owner of that vehicle was still in the driver’s seat when Janosky got in, but he was asked to get out by a staff member on the base, leaving Janosky in the front seat and allowing her to flee in it, according to an arrest affidavit.
She then fled from the base “at a high rate of speed,” and deputies chased Janosky into Indian River County, where she was eventually stopped, investigators said.
After she was captured, deputies said she told them the following information:
“Krishna began making statements that she was at a hotel in which Veterans were present but was fearful of them not knowing if they were there to help her or not. Krishna then went on to state she left the hotel with her four-year-old son.
Krishna stated she got to the base and followed the vehicle in front of her. She was then directed to pull over and fearful of what “they” were going to do to her, (so) she got into the man’s vehicle. Krishna advised she took her son out of her vehicle and placed him into this male subject’s vehicle. She got into the front passenger side seat and ducked down. The male was removed from the vehicle so she got into the front driver seat and drove off. Krishna stated she did not know the male subject, but he gave her permission to take it.”
Indian River County Deputy Cristal Perez in Arrest Affidavit
However, deputies said the vehicle was reported as “carjacked” at the base, which contradicted Janosky’s claims that the victim gave her the car.
Janosky also told deputies that the gate hadn’t been opened for her when she drove through, and she was aware of the deputies chasing her, but she “did not pull over due to fear,” the affidavit says.
On Friday, Janosky was indicted on charges of unauthorized entry onto a military installation, grand theft auto, fleeing and eluding law enforcement, and damaging government property.
If convicted on all counts, she faces up to 30 years in prison.
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