After leading deputies on a 100-mph chase and crashing into a police cruiser last year, the driver said to police: "I've outrun a bunch of cops before (and) this is the first time I've ever been caught," the Orlando Sentinel reports.

On Friday, she was sentenced to five years in jail for her actions.

On Sept. 22, 2014, Shawna L. Schaefer was pulled over by an Orange County deputy for not wearing a seat belt. She said she got nervous because she had a suspended license, and she rammed into the cop car and drove away because she thought she could escape, the police report states according to the Sentinel.

The 25-mile, high-speed chase ended when Schaefer's car flew into the air and eventually crashed into a wall, the Sentinel reports.

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