BAY CITY, MI -- A Swartz Creek woman is facing criminal charges after allegedly striking a woman with her car, then firing off numerous rounds from a handgun as she made her getaway.

Months after police say she committed her crimes on the streets of Bay City, 21-year-old Irish-Rose B. Willett on Monday, March 5, appeared in Bay County District Court for arraignment on two counts each of assault with a dangerous weapon and felony firearm and single counts of carrying concealed weapon and misdemeanor assault and battery. Assault with a dangerous weapon is a four-year felony, carrying a concealed weapon is a five-year felony, and felony firearm comes with a mandatory minimum two-year prison sentence, to be served before any other sentence.

Chief District Judge Dawn A. Klida, who arraigned Willett, set bond at $25,000 cash-surety. Willett had bonded out of the Bay County Jail by the afternoon of Wednesday, March 7.

About 11:35 p.m. on Saturday, July 1, police responded to a parking lot on 10th Street, between North Sherman and North Sheridan streets, after someone called 911 to report gunshots. The caller added he saw a car run over someone before taking off, court records show.

Officers met with a 25-year-old woman, who had scrapes on her left elbow and left leg and torn pants. The woman said she had attended a nearby party and was walking to her car, which she had parked in the lot. She encountered Willett in the lot, whom she described as a family acquaintance she has had problems with in the past.

An argument ensued, during which Willett swung at the woman, who swung back, she told police. Willett then entered her car and drove it in reverse, striking the other woman and pinning her against another parked vehicle, the woman said. Willett then drove forward, briefly dragging the 25-year-old woman.

Willett drove onto 10th Street, turned north onto North Sheridan, stopped the car, then fired four to five shots from a handgun before driving away, the woman told police.

Police searched the area and found two .380-caliber casings, court records show. Officers canvassed the scene and spoke with other witnesses, whose accounts largely matched the victim's.

One witness told police he had come up to Bay City from Flint for the night's fireworks show. He had been standing with Willett, whom he knew, in the parking lot just before the scuffle began.

"She's kind of crazy and she pulled out this little black pistol," the man told police. "She fired one shot up into the air for no reason at all. I got into her car and told her that was stupid and immature. She said she can do whatever she wants."

A short time later, Willett noticed the other woman and they ended up fighting, the man told police. He said Willett put her car in reverse and sideswiped another parked car before driving off, firing her pistol as she went.

Police later learned Willett had called 911 and claimed she had been struck in the head with a gun and that someone had shot at her. However, officers' attempts to contact Willett were unsuccessful.

Authorities issued a warrant for Willett on July 18. She was not in police custody until a few days before her arraignment.

Willett is to appear for a preliminary examination before District Judge Timothy J. Kelly at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, March 20.