Police Blotter: Woman Charged for Attempted Carjacking

Editor's Note: The following comes from the City of Fredericksburg Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned it does not indicate a conviction.

City of Fredericksburg Police have a warrant out for a King George woman regarding an attempted carjacking incident Sunday morning at Mary Washington Hospital.

According to police reports, a 19-year-old Fredericksburg resident told police she was sitting in her vehicle outside of the emergency room entrance when a female approached the driver's side window of her car and asked for a ride.

When the victim refused, the female made statements and gestures alleging that she had a weapon, said police.

"The victim did not believe her and she got out of her car to walk inside the hospital," reads a press release from the police department. "While walking toward the ER doors, the suspect assaulted the victim, grabbed her by the hair, and tried to steal her car keys. The two struggled and the victim was able to break free by striking the suspect in the face."

Police reports said the victim then alerted a security guard inside.

The suspect was subsequently identified as Rishelle Newman, 22, of King George, and a warrant has been obtained against Newman charging her with attempted carjacking, police said.

Newman had not been arrested by publication time. 

Other reported incidents from the City of Fredericksburg Police: 

Burglary

Radio Shack, 1287 Carl D Silver Pkwy., Wednesday, 9:40 p.m. Officers responded to an alarm activation at the business and found that the lock on the front had been damaged and the door was unsecured. It did not appear that anything was stolen from the business. The investigation is ongoing.

Larceny 

Walmart, 1800 Carl D Silver Pkwy., Wednesday 4 p.m. – 4:40 p.m. A loss prevention employee reported that three female subjects stole a cart full of merchandise and fled from the scene in a red Dodge Stratus. The suspects have been identified and the investigation is ongoing.

Vandalism

1400 Washington Ave., 8/22 – 8/29 11:50 am. A contractor reported that a gravestone was damaged in the Gordon cemetery. No suspects or witnesses at this time.

Visitor’s Center parking lot, 200 Charlotte St., Thursday, 12:30 am. A police lieutenant reported that an unknown person used a brick to shatter the windshield on his patrol car while he was in the area on foot. No suspects or witnesses at this time. 

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