Judge hands down $3.5 million bond for woman charged in fatal Turnpike chase
.JPG "A stolen truck chased by BSO and FHP on Florida’s Turnpike Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026, crashed into a Nissan Altima, killing the Altima driver. An FHP trooper made a controversial PIT maneuver to stop the truck.")
Anna Giza, the woman authorities say is responsible for a police chase and crash on Florida’s Turnpike that left an innocent driver dead, will likely not be leaving her jail cell soon as a judge set her bond at over $3.5 million Saturday, records show.
Giza is facing a slew of charges: felony murder, two counts of aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer, aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, aggravated fleeing causing serious injury or death, grand-theft auto and resisting an officer without violence.
A judge signed off on a $3,510,500 bond on her charges, with the murder charge commanding a $1 million bond, her jail records show.
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Her court record did not have information Saturday as to who her attorney is or what judge is overseeing the case.
Around 4 p.m. Thursday, someone called 911 and reported to Fort Lauderdale police a white Ford F-150 with an orange stripe belonging to A-1 Orange Exterior Building Service was stolen by Giza, 53.
The Coconut Creek Police Department and the Broward Sheriff’s Office Deerfield Beach district began searching for the truck. Coconut Creek K-9 Officer Feisthammel radioed that he had spotted the truck going eastbound on Sample Road near Lyons Road.
A few minutes later, Coconut Creek officers attempted a traffic stop at Sample Road and the southbound entrance to the Turnpike in Pompano Beach.
Investigators say Giza didn’t get out of the truck. Instead, she threw the truck in reverse and backed into a marked BSO patrol vehicle, striking its front bumper while a deputy was sitting inside, the affidavit states. She then drove toward a group of Coconut Creek officers, hitting one of their patrol cars before fleeing southbound onto Florida’s Turnpike.
Giza raced ahead of authorities, weaving in and out of traffic, driving on the Turnpike shoulder to evade deputies. FHP joined in the pursuit.
BSO K-9 Deputy Wengert initially attempted a PIT maneuver — or precision immobilization technique, a controversial police tactic where the officer pushes the rear end sideways of a vehicle being chased, forcing the vehicle to spin and stop — in the southbound lanes near the Sunrise Boulevard exit. He decided not to do it due to concerns about traffic conditions during rush hour.
Almost immediately after, Florida Highway Patrol Trooper Major conducted a PIT maneuver. The stolen truck hit the right shoulder wall of the highway and rammed into a black Nissan Altima that had pulled onto the shoulder. The truck came to a stop.
The driver of the Nissan Altima was pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities did not name the driver who was killed.
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