Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s deputy struck by car at Eastland Mall, police say
EVANSVILLE, Ind. Sept 11 2018— A sheriff’s deputy has minor injuries after being struck by a vehicle driven by a suspected shoplifter in the Eastland Mall parking lot, police said.
Marilyn Elaine Cosby, 58, of Henderson, Kentucky, was arrested Saturday after hitting a deputy with a car and running over his foot, according to a news release from the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office.
The deputy was working a uniformed off-duty job at Eastland Mall when a 911 call came in regarding a shoplifter. Mall security directed the deputy to the suspect’s vehicle. The deputy attempted to stop the vehicle in the parking lot of the nearby Wendy’s.
When the deputy left his car, the sedan began to drive away. Cosby’s vehicle continued a short distance before driving over a curb and into a grassy section of the parking lot. The deputy approached the open window of the vehicle and began giving commands to Cosby. The deputy attempted to remove the key from the ignition, but Cosby put the car in reverse and accelerated, dragging the deputy, according to the news release.
The deputy was thrown onto the vehicle’s hood and then onto the pavement next to the front left tire of the car. Cosby drove forward running over the deputy’s foot, shielded from serious injury by safety toe boots. The car hit the deputy’s vehicle and a second parked vehicle.
Cosby was arrested at that time without further incident. She was interviewed and booked into the Vanderburgh County Jail.
The deputy was treated at and released from St. Vincent Evansville. He had cuts pain from scrapes to his arm and leg but returned to work after being released, according to the news release.
Cosby, of Henderson, Kentucky, is preliminarily charged with four felonies and one misdemeanor including shoplifting, battery on law enforcement and resisting law enforcement.
