Woman runs over store security, drags cop in chase, police say
Hamilton Township NJ October 15 2018
A woman trying to flee a robbery Saturday ran over a Walmart security officer and later dragged a cop who was hanging onto her vehicle, police said.
Hamilton Township police said Courtney Lynn Rumery, 21, of Hamilton, was arrested after she crashed her car and charged with robbery and aggravated assault on a police officer.
The Hamilton Township officer suffered injuries that were serious but not life-threatening, police said. The Walmart loss prevention officer was treated for minor injuries.
Police were called to the Walmart on Nottingham Way in Hamilton for a report of a woman who had run over a loss prevention officer from the store in the course of a robbery.
Officers from Hamilton caught up with her vehicle and stopped it in Trenton, police said. When a Hamilton police officer was standing next to her vehicle, Rumery hit the gas and tried to speed away, with the officer “holding on to the suspect’s vehicle in fear for his life,” police said in a statement.
She couldn’t shake the officer and crashed the vehicle, police said, causing the officer to be thrown from the vehicle and injured.
Rumery fled from the crash on foot but was caught by Trenton police officers, according to the press release.
Hamilton police are still investigating the incident and ask anyone with information about what happened to contact Detective Jason Moulds of the Criminal Investigations Section at (609) 689-5825 or the Hamilton Police Crime Tip Hotline at (609) 581-4008.
NJ.com
