LINCOLN COUNTY, N.C. — A Denver woman was charged with attempted murder after investigators said she hit a deputy with her car after he saw her fighting another woman on a highway Monday night.
The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office said deputies responded to a reported fight near the intersection of NC Highway 73 and NC Highway 16. When Deputy C. Camp tried to approach the women, investigators allege the suspect got in her car and intentionally hit him in the median. The driver, identified as 25-year-old Kara Ann Johnson, then returned to the area and tried to hit Camp again, according to the sheriff's office.
"She got it cranked and took off backwards and then came directly towards him," Sheriff Bill Beam said. "He's got some severe lacerations from that on the top of his head."
Camp was taken to a Charlotte hospital where he was treated and released.
Johnson was arrested by Charlotte-Mecklenburg police and transferred into the custody of Lincoln County deputies. She was charged with attempted murder in connection with the incident. She is currently being held without bond.
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