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Emotional upset leads to two arrestsTue, 09/15/2009 - 3:30pm
By: Ben Nelms
Tempers flared in two incidents over the weekend in Fayetteville. Both involved disputes over relationships and both ended in arrests, police said. Officers on Saturday afternoon were called to the Goodyear store at Banks Crossing in response to a report that a man was driving through the parking lot with a woman on the hood of his vehicle. Officers arrived to find the woman still clinging to the hood, according to Fayetteville Police spokesperson Steve Crawshaw. When questioned by officers, both the driver of the vehicle, 38-year-old Jonesboro resident Lance Smith, and the woman said they were coming to Goodyear to pick up her second vehicle and had been arguing about breaking up, Crawshaw said. Witnesses said they saw an argument in the parking lot. They saw the two pushing and shoving each other, with Smith grabbing the keys and pushing the woman to the ground, Crawshaw said. It was at that point that Smith entered the vehicle, the woman jumped on the hood and the drive through the parking lot began, Crawshaw said. Officers arriving at the scene checked the woman for injuries and found that medical treatment was not necessary, said Crawshaw. Another Sept. 12 incident occurred just a short distance away outside the Banks Station Food Depot. Crawshaw said two women had arrived and were walking through the parking lot on their way into the grocery store. Crawshaw said another vehicle with two women inside pulled into a handicapped parking space. One of the women exited the vehicle, walked over to the the other two women and punched one of them in the face. The woman throwing the punch, 32-year-old Fayetteville resident Rita Robinson, is reported to be the ex-wife of the man the other woman is seeing, Crawshaw said. After the punch, the two women began pushing each other and pulling each other’s hair, police said. Upon the officer’s arrival Robinson was charged with simple battery, disorderly conduct and a traffic offense for parking her vehicle in a handicapped parking space, Crawshaw said. login to post comments
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