Woman charged with theft, assault

  • Posted: Sunday, February 12, 2012 7:00 a.m.
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Eagle Staff Report


A 21-year-old Bryan woman was arrested Friday on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and theft after attempting to take items from the Walmart in College Station and hitting a store employee with her car, police said.


A College Station police officer responding to a reported theft at the store spotted the woman, later identified as Lamonica Renee Vasquez, driving a car that fit the description provided by the Walmart security worker who had reported the theft.


The worker had tried to detain Vasquez after recovering items that she allegedly had stolen but she ran to her car, police said. The employee was standing behind her car and calling police when she backed up and hit him, causing a sharp pain in his right knee. The worker told police that he had to move out of the way to avoid being hit again.


After police pulled Vasquez over, the officer asked her what had happened after she had left the Walmart. She said she had given the associate the items before leaving the store and that he had run after her and hit her car, police said.


Officers also found that Vasquez had two active warrants for previous thefts that she had been charged within the last three months.


She was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, a second-degree felony punishable by up to 20 years in prison and a maximum fine of $10,000, and three misdemeanor counts of theft. Vasquez was released Saturday after posting $19,435 bail.

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