Police charge woman with aggravated assault with auto

The Texarkana, Texas, Police Department arrested Daja Smith, 18, of Atlanta, Texas, late Wednesday on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

Officers were dispatched at 10:24 p.m. to Sunset Apartments, 1601 Allen Lane, for a report of a motor vehicle accident involving a pedestrian. When officers arrived, they located a 19-year-old woman who said Smith intentionally struck her with a car.

According to the victim, she went outside her apartment to check on a disturbance between two women in the parking lot. Once there, she said she saw Smith’s vehicle hit another car in the parking lot as she sped away. She said that Smith made a circle around the parking lot and returned at a high rate of speed.

Smith’s vehicle jumped the curb near the victim and struck her as she stood on the sidewalk near the building, according to the police report. The victim was knocked into the windshield, which caused it to shatter and she then went over the roof of the vehicle.

While officers were at the apartments, Smith went to the Bi-State Criminal Justice Center and requested an officer meet with her. She provided a different account of the incident, stating the victim had jumped into her path as she was attempting to leave the apartment complex after the disturbance, according to police. Officers determined that the evidence did not support her account of the incident and she was was arrested without incident and booked into the Bi-State Jail. She is being held on a $10,000 bail.

The victim suffered minor injuries and declined medical treatment at the scene.