A car crashed into the gates of singer Taylor Swift's beachfront home in Westerly, Rhodes Island. Picture: Hopkinton Police Department via AP/African News Agency Picture: Hopkinton Police Department via AP/African News Agency Picture: Hopkinton Police Department via AP/African News Agency Picture: Hopkinton Police Department via AP/African News Agency Westerly, Rhode Island —
Westerly Police Chief Shawn Lacey says the car sped away from several attempts to stop it, reaching speeds of up to 65 mph. The vehicle eventually crashed into the wall outside Swift's property in Westerly before ricocheting into the main entrance gate at about 35 mph. The driver, 19-year-old Shykeim Edwin Lewis, of Hartford, Connecticut, faces several charges and was held on $10 000 bond. No attorney was listed in online court records.