Teh One Who Knocks
08-22-2011, 02:44 PM
By Jeff Weiner, Orlando Sentinel
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An Orange County woman faces several charges in a destructive attack on a Pine Hills roadway that witnesses said was sparked by jealous rage, arresting documents show.
No one was injured when the unusual road-rage incident sent two vehicles through the wall of a home at the intersection of Pine Hills Road and Deauville Drive on Friday afternoon.
According to an arrest report, the incident began in a shopping plaza at Pine Hills Road and State Road 50, where 31-year-old Schyvonne Whitaker saw her boyfriend talking to another woman.
The woman, Tina Reese, said that Whitaker approached the pair in a red sport utility vehicle. The boyfriend's response, Reese said, was to tell Whitaker to "drive off."
Reese left the shopping plaza at the intersection, heading north on Pine Hills in a Pontiac G6, when suddenly she saw Whitaker's Suzuki XL7 approach at a high speed.
Whitaker began ramming the rear bumper of the sedan, witnesses said, and both drivers lost control. They crashed into a house at the intersection of Deauville Drive.
Whitaker was taken into custody shortly after the incident. A passenger in her SUV told deputies that Whitaker said "I got you now" as she rammed Reese's bumper.
Reese, Whitaker and the other occupants in both vehicles survived mostly unscathed. The front walls of the small, one-story structure, however, suffered heavy damage in the crash.
Deputies arrested Whitaker in the suspected attack, charging her with aggravated battery with a motor vehicle, aggravated assault with a motor vehicle and criminal mischief.
An arresting deputy added a charges of providing a false identification and driving with a suspended license after he said Whitaker purposely misspelled her name while in custody.
The deputy wrote in his report that he later discovered Whitaker's license has 24 active suspensions dating back to 2008, and is also currently expired.
Records show Whitaker has several previous arrests in Orange County, and served more than three years in prison after a 1995 conviction on charges of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.
She remained in the Orange County Jail on Saturday afternoon. Her bail was set at $5,650.
After the crash, Reese's sister Latoya Reese told reporters that she didn't know Whitaker. The attack, she said, was completely unwarranted.
When she and her sister were returning home on Pine Hills road after a trip to the store, she said Whitaker pursued "and started hitting us, trying to run us off the road."
"[The SUV] bumped us one good time and ran into the wall," Reese said. She said her sister Tina was severely shaken by the incident. "She can't even talk," Reese said. "She's shaking."
Records show the home, which deputies said was empty when the collisions occurred, was bought for $65,000 last year by an Ocoee husband and wife.
According to local television reports, the Pine Hills home is used as a Vietnamese community center on the weekends.
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An Orange County woman faces several charges in a destructive attack on a Pine Hills roadway that witnesses said was sparked by jealous rage, arresting documents show.
No one was injured when the unusual road-rage incident sent two vehicles through the wall of a home at the intersection of Pine Hills Road and Deauville Drive on Friday afternoon.
According to an arrest report, the incident began in a shopping plaza at Pine Hills Road and State Road 50, where 31-year-old Schyvonne Whitaker saw her boyfriend talking to another woman.
The woman, Tina Reese, said that Whitaker approached the pair in a red sport utility vehicle. The boyfriend's response, Reese said, was to tell Whitaker to "drive off."
Reese left the shopping plaza at the intersection, heading north on Pine Hills in a Pontiac G6, when suddenly she saw Whitaker's Suzuki XL7 approach at a high speed.
Whitaker began ramming the rear bumper of the sedan, witnesses said, and both drivers lost control. They crashed into a house at the intersection of Deauville Drive.
Whitaker was taken into custody shortly after the incident. A passenger in her SUV told deputies that Whitaker said "I got you now" as she rammed Reese's bumper.
Reese, Whitaker and the other occupants in both vehicles survived mostly unscathed. The front walls of the small, one-story structure, however, suffered heavy damage in the crash.
Deputies arrested Whitaker in the suspected attack, charging her with aggravated battery with a motor vehicle, aggravated assault with a motor vehicle and criminal mischief.
An arresting deputy added a charges of providing a false identification and driving with a suspended license after he said Whitaker purposely misspelled her name while in custody.
The deputy wrote in his report that he later discovered Whitaker's license has 24 active suspensions dating back to 2008, and is also currently expired.
Records show Whitaker has several previous arrests in Orange County, and served more than three years in prison after a 1995 conviction on charges of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.
She remained in the Orange County Jail on Saturday afternoon. Her bail was set at $5,650.
After the crash, Reese's sister Latoya Reese told reporters that she didn't know Whitaker. The attack, she said, was completely unwarranted.
When she and her sister were returning home on Pine Hills road after a trip to the store, she said Whitaker pursued "and started hitting us, trying to run us off the road."
"[The SUV] bumped us one good time and ran into the wall," Reese said. She said her sister Tina was severely shaken by the incident. "She can't even talk," Reese said. "She's shaking."
Records show the home, which deputies said was empty when the collisions occurred, was bought for $65,000 last year by an Ocoee husband and wife.
According to local television reports, the Pine Hills home is used as a Vietnamese community center on the weekends.