A woman who appeared to be under the influence of a mind-altering substance was arrested after she tried to walk out of a store with meat she didn’t pay for.

CRESTVIEW — A woman who appeared to be under the influence of a mind-altering substance was arrested after she tried to walk out of a store with meat she didn’t pay for.

The 31-year-old Crestview woman allegedly went into the Pic N Save and put five packages of meat in her shopping cart. Then, according to her Crestview Police Department arrest report, she went to the opposite side of the aisle and put the meat in her purse. She then tried to leave the store without paying for the meat and was stopped by a manager.

Video surveillance confirmed the attempted theft.

She later told a police officer a friend came into the store with her and stole the meat.

“The defendant appeared to be under the influence of an unknown substance during my interaction with her that had a severe effect on her ability to ascertain the extent of the incident,” the officer wrote in the report.

She was charged with petty theft second offense and resisting an officer without violence. Her court date is July 20.



Woman attacks other woman for not having drugs

CRESTVIEW — A woman suffered a minor injury to her head and a torn-off toenail when she was attacked by a woman who was angry at her for not having more drugs.

The incident happened June 16 in a Crestview home, according to the 25-year-old suspect’s Crestview Police Department arrest report. The victim said the defendant came home and started to yell and curse at her because she didn’t have any more methamphetamine, the report said.

The angry woman then jumped on her, almost knocking her down. At the time, the victim was holding a child.

The suspect was charged with battery on a disabled person and child neglect without great harm. She told officers that the victim had jumped on her and hit her, but had no visible injuries.



Lawmen say man hit victim with cinder block, oscillating fan, trash can, fists

CRESTVIEW — A man who allegedly hit his victim with a cinder block, oscillating fan, trash can and his fists was charged with assault with a deadly weapon.

His victim told Crestview Police Department officers the man was trying to kill her and that he was intoxicated at the time of the attack. She wasn’t sure which weapons hit her where since she was running from him at the time, according to his arrest report.

Samuel Edgar Durm told officers that he didn’t hit the victim, who had bruises, abrasions and swelling on her right calf. Her leg might have been fractured, the report said.

Durm said she hit him but he had no injuries.