Woman Tries to Hit Grocery Store Employee with Car
A 27-year-old woman is in custody after allegedly attempting to run over a Martin’s Food employee in Eldersburg on August 14, 2019. According to the store employee, the woman entered the store, filled a cart and some bags with groceries, and then left without paying. When he confronted her in the parking lot, she attempted to run him over with the car she was driving. She missed, but crashed into a parked car in the parking lot and fled.
The employee took a picture of the vehicle’s license plate and called police, who tracked down the owner in the 7400 block in Sykesville. The owner admitted that the woman lived there. She was arrested and charged with a number of other violations, including first-degree and second assault, theft, reckless driving, and driving without a license.
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Police officials in Baltimore released statistics earlier this month, comparing the number of homicides in the city over the first half of the year with each of the prior two years. According to the data, 171 murders had been reported in 2019, compared with 147 a year ago. The report also indicated a significant increase in the number of non-fatal shootings and attempted murders, up 28 percent over the last 12 months. As further evidence of the serious problem the city faces, Fraternal Order of Police representatives say the bloodshed has only intensified in the last two weeks, with 11 homicides in just 14 days.
