A case against a Carbon County woman who led police on a 12-mile high-speed chase last week has been continued.

Michelle Kobal, 44, of Lehighton, was scheduled to have a preliminary hearing Wednesday before District Judge William Kissner of Palmerton.The hearing has been rescheduled for 10 a.m. May 7.Kobal faces charges of 11 counts of stop signs and yield signs, as well as one count each of fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer, driving under the influence, careless driving, reckless driving, maximum speed limits, driving vehicle at unsafe speed, possession of drug paraphernalia, driving while operating privilege suspended or revoked, and unlawful possession of controlled substance.She has been returned to Carbon County Prison in lieu of $2,000 straight bail.According to an affidavit of probable cause filed by Franklin Township patrolman Joel Gulla:At 1:29 a.m. Friday, Gulla was on patrol in the area of Main Road and Canal Street when he got behind a red 1996 BMW.The car quickly accelerated east on Main Road, then made a quick right turn onto Bank Street and ran the stop sign at Interchange Road.Gulla activated his emergency light and sirens and tried to stop the vehicle.100 mphThe BMW fled from Gulla and continued to accelerate, reaching speeds of over 100 mph.The car continued north on Route 209 toward the state police barracks.The chase continued for a few miles, when the vehicle made a right turn onto Hemlock Street in the area of Beltzville Airport, continued on Hemlock Street at high speed, ran another stop sign at Boyer Farm and blew right through it.The car blew through another stop sign at Dairy Road and Maple Drive, continued on Dairy Road toward the back of Blue Ridge Country Club and ended up running another stop sign at the intersection of Dairy Road and Golf Road.The vehicle was traveling all over the roadway and continued at a high rate of speed, running another stop sign at Dairy Road and Fireline Road.Palmerton Police deployed stop sticks, but the car was able to evade them and made a quick left turn and traveled east on Fireline Road toward Palmerton Area High School.The car then made a left turn off Fireline Road and onto Golf Road, where it almost went off the right side of the roadway.It then made a right turn back onto Dairy Road and ran another stop sign at Dairy Road and Maple Drive.The car kept going at a high rate of speed with Gulla still in pursuit, when they approached Dairy Road and Hemlock Street, where the vehicle ran another stop sign and made a quick left turn onto Hemlock, where it almost rolled over.The car then traveled west toward Fireline Road to the intersection at Cherry Hill Road, where officer Frank Buonaiuto of the Franklin Township Police Department was waiting with stop sticks deployed.The car ran that stop sign, ran over the spikes and almost struck Buonaiuto.Gulla then went around the spikes and continued to follow, when he observed the vehicle start to slow as the vehicle's driver's side front tire went flat as it traveled up Cherry Hill Road, before it made a left turn onto Gun Club Road.The vehicle then turned out its lights and slowed, losing the passenger side front tire as it went up Gun Club Road, made a right onto Molly Road, hit the curbing on the left side of the roadway and stopped.Off againAs Gulla went to get out, the vehicle took off again, traveling up the road another 200 yards, where it went off the right side of the roadway and got stuck.Another car from the Franklin Township Police department pulled up, blocking the driver's door, as Gulla approached along with units from Palmerton, Lehighton and East Penn police.The driver wouldn't come out of the car, and said the windows didn't work, so police had to break the driver's side window to get her out.The driver was identified as Kobal. While speaking to her, Gulla noticed a strong odor of alcohol coming from her breath, and she spoke with slurred speech and her eyes were bloodshot.Kobal was arrested and transported to Gnaden Huetten Memorial Hospital, where her blood alcohol content was tested.The vehicle was towed by Franks Service Center, where it was impounded.During further investigation, it was learned that Kobal's driver's license was under suspension.A Baby Phat purse was found on the driver's side floor with a clear plastic baggie containing what appeared to be crystal meth, a digital scale and a bunch of small, clear bags used to package drugs. A small spoon with residue on it was also found in the purse.Further searching found a gold box with a mirror that had white residue on it, a white straw with residue on it, and three plastic baggies with residue in Kobal's other purse on the passenger side floor.A field test was done on the substance in the clear plastic bag that was found in the first purse was positive for meth.