A Washington state woman who has been diagnosed with tuberculosis and refused numerous orders to isolate was spotted boarding a bus to a casino by an officer who had been tailing her and had a warrant for her arrest, according to a court filing obtained Wednesday.
Instead of arresting the woman, identified only as V.N. in documents filed in Pierce County Superior Court, the officer let her go and a local judge found her in contempt.
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On Friday, Judge Philip K. Sorenson ordered that she be seized and treated against her will, online records show.
Authorities haven’t been able to find her, a Pierce County sheriff’s spokesman said in an email.
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