Victoria police seek witnesses, additional victims after hit-and-run spree

A woman is facing seven charges after allegedly committing multiple hit-and-run crashes in a stolen vehicle while impaired, according to police in B.C.'s capital.

A woman is facing seven charges after allegedly committing multiple hit-and-run crashes in a stolen vehicle while impaired, according to police in B.C.'s capital.

The Victoria Police Department is now looking for additional witnesses and victims as it continues its investigation of Judyann Marie Desjarlais.

The woman, who is 38 years old according to online court records, appeared in court on Christmas Day and was charged with the following offences, according to VicPD:

The offences allegedly occurred on Christmas Eve.

Just before noon that day, VicPD officers received a report of a "motor vehicle incident" near the intersection of Heywood and Oliphant avenues, the department said in a news release Friday.

"Upon further investigation, police discovered that seven parked vehicles had been damaged in a hit and run incident," the release reads. "Investigators report that a female driver in a stolen white Honda Civic was observed in the vicinity, swerving on the roads and colliding with parked vehicles."

Officers located the stolen vehicle after it was driven into another parked vehicle near the intersection of Fort Street and Pemberton Road, police said, adding that the driver had fled the scene.