--- title: Scooby Doo Van Leads Police on Car Chase description: She was driving a van painted like the Scooby Doo Mystery Machine canonical: https://time.com/4250514/scooby-doo-mystery-machine-car-chase/ author: Sarah Begley article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-08T00:30:35.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T15:41:48.394Z article:section: U.S. og:title: California Police Chase Woman Driving a Scooby Doo Van og:description: She was driving a van painted like the Scooby Doo Mystery Machine og:url: https://time.com/4250514/scooby-doo-mystery-machine-car-chase/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: California Police Chase Woman Driving a Scooby Doo Van twitter:description: She was driving a van painted like the Scooby Doo Mystery Machine twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # California Police Chase Woman Driving a Scooby Doo Van by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Mar 8, 2016 12:30 AM CUT by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Mar 8, 2016 12:30 AM CUT Police in Redding, Calif. were forced to pursue a woman driving a van painted to resemble the [Mystery Machine](http://www.krcrtv.com/woman-in-mystery-machine-mini-van-lead-police-on-pursuit/38374192 "undefined") from _Scooby-Doo_. A probation officer for Sharon Kay Turman, 51, notified the police that she was wanted for violating her probation on Sunday. Police found her driving the vehicle and attempted to pull her over, but she drove away. That kicked off a car chase that eventually led to Turman getting away; while a California Highway Patrol helicopter found her and saw her abandoning her vehicle, her location was unknown on Monday, local ABC affiliate KRCR reports. Those with knowledge of Turman’s whereabouts are urged to contact the police. \[[KRCR](http://www.krcrtv.com/woman-in-mystery-machine-mini-van-lead-police-on-pursuit/38374192 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4250514/scooby-doo-mystery-machine-car-chase/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4250514/scooby-doo-mystery-machine-car-chase/"},"headline":"California Police Chase Woman Driving a Scooby Doo Van","datePublished":"2016-03-08T00:30:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T15:41:48.394Z","description":"She is wanted for violating probation","url":"https://time.com/4250514/scooby-doo-mystery-machine-car-chase/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4250514/scooby-doo-mystery-machine-car-chase/","name":"California Police Chase Woman Driving a Scooby Doo Van"}}]}] ```