MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — An after-midnight meeting in the parking lot of a South Florida Walmart “to discuss ongoing relationship issues” led to a 37-year-old woman hitting two others with her car, authorities say.
Police arrested the suspect, Latoya Denise Jones, on five felony charges on Wednesday, a little more than two weeks after the incident.
Authorities said the incident happened outside the Walmart Supercenter at 17650 NW Second Ave. in Miami Gardens.
Jones, of Hallandale Beach, met the two women at around 12:30 a.m. on April 5 and during the encounter, became “visibly angry and agitated,” according to the Miami Gardens Police Department.
Police said Jones grabbed a gun from her sedan, pointed it at the pair and threatened them. Authorities said as the victims retreated, one of them dropped her iPhone and Jones picked it up while armed, earning her an armed robbery charge.
An MGPD arrest report states that after taking the phone, Jones got into her car “and intentionally drove the vehicle directly toward both victims,” hitting the pair. Police said she then took off.
One of the women suffered a leg fracture and the other suffered other leg injuries, authorities said. Both sought treatment at the nearby Jackson North Medical Center in North Miami Beach.
Police said cellphone and CCTV footage “clearly identified” Jones. Police said they interviewed her on April 8 and she declined to speak with detectives.
Authorities arrested her at the MGPD headquarters on Wednesday. Jones faces two counts each of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon causing great bodily harm and aggravated assault with intent to commit a felony, as well as an armed robbery charge.
As of Thursday morning, online records show she was being held in the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center with a bond listed as “to be set.”
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