Driver’s record: Minnesota court records show Derrick Thompson was convicted last month in a 2018 Little Canada case of speeding and driving after revocation of license. He previously was convicted of fleeing police in a vehicle in 2017 in St. Paul, possession of cocaine in 2015 in St. Paul and carrying a gun without a permit in 2014.

In California in 2018, Thompson fled from officers and drove 45 to 60 mph along a beach on a crowded summer day, according to the Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s Office. Thompson lost control of the vehicle while turning and struck a woman who was a tourist staying at a nearby house. Thompson “immediately fled the scene, while the victim fought for her life in a coma for several weeks,” the district attorney’s office wrote.

Police found 17.6 pounds of marijuana in the vehicle and more than $20,000 in cash. Though the prosecution said they requested additional time in prison, Thompson was sentenced to eight years in 2020 for evading a peace officer and causing injury, leaving the scene of an accident causing permanent injury, and possession of marijuana for sale.