Police
arrest man for assaulting minivan with tire iron
By Keith
Sheppard, THG News
August 1, 2004
Muncie—A 44 year-old man
was arrested and charged Saturday with destruction of private property, reckless
endangerment, and resisting arrest after shattering the windows, headlights, and
taillights of a woman’s minivan in the drive thru of a branch of a local bank.
Muncie police arrested
James P. Raymond at the Fifth Third Bank branch on the corner of Gilbert and Elm
Streets after a brief scuffle.
Apparently Raymond became
incensed with minivan driver Lisa Hatfield, 38, for taking too long to pull
forward after making a transaction. After honking his horn several times,
witnesses say Raymond got out of his 2002 BMW Z3 and began hitting Hatfield’s
Chrysler Town
and Country with a tire iron. Hatfield, who was alone in her van at the time,
was not injured.
It took three police
officers to subdue Raymond, a financial planner with no previous arrest record.
Raymond told the police that he is sick and tired of inconsiderate people and
finally “lost it” when Hatfield would not pull forward after making her
transaction.
Hatfield says she was just
trying to organize her checkbook when Raymond began his assault on her vehicle.
Raymond faces 7-12 years
in prison if convicted of all counts against him.
