Officers say they needed stop sticks to slow down the vehicle and when they extracted her from the car, she was allegedly smoking cocaine, according to WFTV News.
The little girl was unharmed, and is now in her father's care.
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With her toddler daughter in the back seat, Miranda Marie Peters-Ortiz allegedly robbed a Wendy's in Cocoa, Fla., and led police on a high-speed chase.
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