(Stillwater, Okla.) -- A Lincoln County woman avoided a jury trial this week in Payne County by pleading guilty to assaulting two Stillwater police officers with her car, attempting to elude police, throwing an object from her moving car and spitting blood on an officer.

Theresa Lopez Rosales, 41, of Agra, who does not have a plea bargain with prosecutors, could receive as much as a 37-year prison term at her sentencing Sept. 24 before Payne County Associate District Judge Stephen Kistler, who has ordered a background investigation of her.

In her written guilty plea filed in court records last week, Rosales wrote that she was under the influence of alcohol and the drug Ambien when she committed the acts.

"Although I have no independent memory of this conduct, I have seen reports from law enforcement and cannot dispute them," she wrote.

"I have been advised that my voluntary intoxication could not be used as a defense in this situation, according to Oklahoma case law," she added.

Rosales was arrested in Stillwater at 6:44 a.m. on June 13, 2009, at 2001 N. Perkins Road, according to an affidavit by Stillwater Police Officer Charles Murphy, who had been dispatched at 6:37 a.m. "to intercept a vehicle that was dirving recklessly and had run two vehicles off of the roadway."

A dispatcher told the officer that a red Chevrolet Trailblazer was driving on its rim from the back passenger-side tire and traveling north on Perkins Road from 19th Avenue entering Stillwater city limits, the affidavit said.

"I could see a trail of sparks from the rear of the vehicle," traveling north on Perkins Road in the inside lane of traffic, the officer wrote.

"I was southbound in the inside lane of traffic in the 1400 block of S. Perkins when the vehicle went completely left of center into my lane of traffic.

"I could see Theresa Rosales in the driver's seat -- she was hanging out the window as she was northbound in the southbound lane of traffic headed straight for me.

"Theresa had her arm extended outward and was flipping me off and laughing as she almost struck my vehicle head on. I had to take evasive action with my patrol unit to avoid a head-on collision," the officer wrote.

"I activated my overhead lights and siren and turned around on Theresa as she passed me. Theresa jerked her vehicle back into the northbound lanes of traffic causing another vehicle to swerve to avoid being struck," the officer wrote.

As she continued northbound on Perkins Road, she refused to pull over and "increased her speed and ran the red light at 12th and Perkins.

"As Theresa ran through the red light, she threw a black metal object out of her window at my patrol vehicle -- the object missed my hood by inches," the officer wrote.

"Theresa continued northbound on Perkins Road and again ran the red light at 6th Avenue and Perkis Road. Theresa was swerving in and out of her lane of traffic, going left of center and causing vehicles to swerve out of her way as she was driving recklessly.

"During this time, Theresa had her arm extended out of the window and was flipping off me and other drivers," the officer wrote.

"Near 111 N. Perkins, Theresa attempted to sideswipe another vehicle that was beside her in the outside lane of northbound traffic causing the vehicle to take evasive action and jerk their vehicle over. Theresa's vehicle missed the other vehicle by only inches.

"Theresa continued north on Perkins Road and began throwing numerous objects out of her window at my patrol vehicle. Several of the items almost struck my vehicle in the hood area and driver's side door area.

"Theresa continued north on Perkins Road and ran the red light at McElroy and Perkins Road," the affidavit said.

As she continued north on Perkins Road where Stillwater Police Officer Adam Elliott was sitting waiting to join the pursuit at Redbud, "I allowed Elliott to take the lead position, as he is certified in the use of Tactical Vehicle Intervention techniques," the oficer wrote.

At Perkins Road and Knott, Stillwater Police Officer Cody Manuel had spike strips set up in the roadway, the affidavit said.

"As Theresa approached Officer Manuel, she swerved over and accelerated her vehicle directly at Officer Manuel. I observed Manuel running away from Theresa and taking refuge in a ditch as he pulled the spike strips across the roadway," the officer wrote.

When she turned into Cowboy Town apartments, she drove to building M and her vehicle came to a stop, the affidavit said.

"I was drawing my service pistol as Elliott was drawing his and pointing it at Theresa. Theresa opened her vehicle door and jumped out.

"Myself and Elliott were yelling commands at Theresa to stop and get on the ground," but she cursed them and started to run away on foot along a sidewalk, the affidavit said.

Three officers escorted her to the ground and put handcuffs on her, the affidavit said.

"Theresa was bleeding from the mouth and she spit a large quantity of blood and saliva onto my pants leg and boots while she was on the ground.

"This act was intentional as she was yelling that she hoped I would die when she was spitting," the officer wrote in his affidavit.

Rosales has an active communicable disease -- which she knew "when she spit her blood and saliva onto me," the officer wrote in his affidavit.

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