RI driver charged in North road rage
BY DAVID LINTON SUN CHRONICLE STAFF
Tuesday, November 3, 2009 2:20 AM EST
Police say woman struck another with a bat during Halloween confrontation in Walmart lot
NORTH ATTLEBORO - Police say a 29-year-old woman is suspected of striking another woman with a baseball bat during a fit of road rage over the weekend before she was injured herself when a vehicle collided with hers in the parking lot of Walmart.
Mayling Rodriguez, 29, of 24 Pine St., Apt., 1 in Pawtucket, was scheduled to be arraigned on assault and related charges Nov. 13 in Attleboro District Court, police said.
She was arrested by officers Christopher Roy and David Cullen around 1 p.m. Saturday after police received a call about a disturbance in the parking lot of Walmart on Route 1.
Witnesses told police Rodriguez was involved in a verbal altercation in the parking lot before she got out of her car and struck the woman, a 27-year-old Pawtucket resident, with an aluminum baseball bat.
The alleged victim told police she was struck in the left arm and abdomen, but declined to be taken to a hospital.
The alleged victim tried to defend herself with a spray can of Halloween hair coloring, according to police.
After the alleged assault, Rodriguez was pinned between the two cars when a third vehicle that was not involved in the altercation struck one of the vehicles, police said.
Rodriguez complained of a hip injury, but declined to be taken to a hospital, police said.
She faces charges of assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon, driving to endanger, being disorderly and disturbing the peace, police said.
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sparky wrote on Nov 3, 2009 6:50 AM:
Makes me not want to go back. "