A Fort Myers lady was arrested after the Lee County Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned she deliberately struck a deputy who was aiding with visitors management at 2 a.m. Monday for an occasion on the Fort Myers Occasion Middle on Park Meadows Drive in Fort Myers.
A deputy signaled for a tan GMC Denali being pushed by Allaunah Williams, 27, to cease. As an alternative Williams ignored the command, revved the engine and struck the deputy, LCSO mentioned.
The deputy, who was later transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening accidents, radioed for assist because the car fled the scene.
“I’m outraged and won’t tolerate acts of violence towards our deputies,” Sheriff Carmine Marceno mentioned in a launch. “I’m so grateful our deputy goes to be okay.”
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Close by deputies tried a visitors cease because the GMC drove north on Summerlin Highway. LCSO reported the motive force continued to speed up and misplaced management of the car, jumped a median and rolled by a fence.
After deputies rendered help, Williams was arrested and charged with aggravated battery on a legislation enforcement officer with a lethal weapon in addition to fleeing and eluding.
Leonard Campbell, 26, a passenger within the GMC, was taken into custody for lively warrants.
“Williams’ harmful conduct put lives in danger,” Marceno mentioned, “and she’s going to now face the results of her actions.”
