Posted on 08/03/2007 2:14:09 AM PDT by leadpenny
(Updated story)
Police say the Spotsylvania woman chased down her domestic partner with a gun this morning. The suspect is a Pentagon Police officer.
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A Pentagon police officer was arrested today on three charges, including attempted murder.
Natalie Howard, 39, was charged with attempted murder, assault and battery, and brandishing a firearm, said Spotsylvania Sheriff Howard Smith.
She will be held in Rappahannock Regional Jail without bond.
The arrest was made by Anne Arundel County, Md., police, who were able to arrest Howard after Spotsylvania police traced a phone call with her.
She spent about four hours talking to Spotsylvania crisis negotiators throughout the day.
Smith said an altercation began about 7:45 this morning with a domestic dispute between Howard and her female partner, who live together in Spotsylvania.
The victim said she had been chased down Stone Meadow Drive, the road the couple lives on, with a .40 caliber gun, Smith said.
The victim told police she then got away and Howard got in her vehicle and left.
Police say Howard, who has worked for Pentagon Police for seven years, was also carrying a weapon.
Until mid-afternoon today, the victim was still inside the house at 5609 Stone Meadow Drive and the house was surrounded by police cars, both of the Spotsylvania Sheriff’s Office and Pentagon Police Department.
The two agencies worked together at the scene, said Lt. Eddie Peck of the Spotsylvania Sheriff’s Office.
A neighbor of Howard's and her partner said she always just thought the couple were quiet and kept to themselves.
The neighbor, Vernetta Evans, a sergeant who works for the Dumfries Police Department, said the couple were good neighbors the whole 18 months she’d lived next door, but that she never had much contact with them.
(Original story)
Natalie Howard, 39, is wanted in Spotsylvania County for attempted murder, assault and battery and brandishing a firearm, said Spotsylvania Sheriff Howard Smith.
Smith said an altercation began this morning with a domestic dispute between Howard and her female partner, who live together in Spotsylvania.
The victim said she had been chased down Stone Meadow Drive, the road the couple lives on, with a .40 caliber gun, Smith said.
The victim told police she then got away and Howard got in her vehicle and left.
Howard, who has worked for Pentagon Police for seven years, is thought to be driving a red Toyota Camry somewhere in Northern Virginia, Smith said.
She is also suspected to still be carrying the weapon.
Smith said Spotsylvania crisis negotiators spent more than three hours talking to Howard on the phone throughout the day, in fear that she would harm herself. He said police departments across Northern Virginia are on the lookout.
“We sent out a statewide broadcast and we have a lot of resources out there,” he said. “Hopefully we can pick her up before she does any harm to herself.”
Until mid-afternoon, the victim was still inside the house at 5609 Stone Meadow Drive and the house was surrounded by police cars, both of the Spotsylvania Sheriff’s Office and Pentagon Police Department.
The two agencies worked together at the scene, said Lt. Eddie Peck of the Spotsylvania Sheriff’s Office.
Smith said he does not consider Howard armed and dangerous to anyone but herself at this time.
Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Howard is asked to contact the Spotsylvania Police Department at 540/570-7200.
For more information or further updates, check tomorrow's issue of The Free Lance-Star.
Ellen Biltz: 540/374-5424 ebiltz@freelancestar.com
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A Pentagon police officer was arrested today on three charges, including attempted murder.
Natalie Howard, 39, was charged with attempted murder, assault and battery, and brandishing a firearm, said Spotsylvania Sheriff Howard Smith.
She will be held in Rappahannock Regional Jail without bond.
The arrest was made by Anne Arundel County, Md., police, who were able to arrest Howard after Spotsylvania police traced a phone call with her.
She spent about four hours talking to Spotsylvania crisis negotiators throughout the day.
Smith said an altercation began about 7:45 this morning with a domestic dispute between Howard and her female partner, who live together in Spotsylvania.
The victim said she had been chased down Stone Meadow Drive, the road the couple lives on, with a .40 caliber gun, Smith said.
The victim told police she then got away and Howard got in her vehicle and left.
Police say Howard, who has worked for Pentagon Police for seven years, was also carrying a weapon.
Until mid-afternoon today, the victim was still inside the house at 5609 Stone Meadow Drive and the house was surrounded by police cars, both of the Spotsylvania Sheriff’s Office and Pentagon Police Department.
The two agencies worked together at the scene, said Lt. Eddie Peck of the Spotsylvania Sheriff’s Office.
A neighbor of Howard's and her partner said she always just thought the couple were quiet and kept to themselves.
The neighbor, Vernetta Evans, a sergeant who works for the Dumfries Police Department, said the couple were good neighbors the whole 18 months she’d lived next door, but that she never had much contact with them.
Ellen Biltz: 540/374-5424 Natalie Howard, 39, is wanted in Spotsylvania County for attempted murder, assault and battery and brandishing a firearm, said Spotsylvania Sheriff Howard Smith.
Smith said an altercation began this morning with a domestic dispute between Howard and her female partner, who live together in Spotsylvania.
The victim said she had been chased down Stone Meadow Drive, the road the couple lives on, with a .40 caliber gun, Smith said.
The victim told police she then got away and Howard got in her vehicle and left.
Howard, who has worked for Pentagon Police for seven years, is thought to be driving a red Toyota Camry somewhere in Northern Virginia, Smith said.
She is also suspected to still be carrying the weapon.
Smith said Spotsylvania crisis negotiators spent more than three hours talking to Howard on the phone throughout the day, in fear that she would harm herself. He said police departments across Northern Virginia are on the lookout.
“We sent out a statewide broadcast and we have a lot of resources out there,” he said. “Hopefully we can pick her up before she does any harm to herself.”
Until mid-afternoon, the victim was still inside the house at 5609 Stone Meadow Drive and the house was surrounded by police cars, both of the Spotsylvania Sheriff’s Office and Pentagon Police Department.
The two agencies worked together at the scene, said Lt. Eddie Peck of the Spotsylvania Sheriff’s Office.
Smith said he does not consider Howard armed and dangerous to anyone but herself at this time.
Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Howard is asked to contact the Spotsylvania Police Department at 540/570-7200.
For more information or further updates, check tomorrow's issue of The Free Lance-Star.
Ellen Biltz: 540/374-5424 ebiltz@freelancestar.com
There are a number of folks who know how to fetch booking photos. I’m curious too.
More hate crime and gun laws would probably have prevented this from happening.
There are a number of folks who know how to fetch booking photos. I’m curious too.
“What could have set her of like that?”
“The question, ‘what’s the matter with you? Is it that time of the month?”
Mark
This isn’t supposed to happen. Sapphic love is SUPERIOR to hetero love!! /sarc
Ok, there is a lot more to this story! The “vitim” plotted to have Howard out of the pic so she can start up a relationship with a man! The gun was never fired and Howard actually was assualted by the “victim”
The “victim” was NEVER chased with the car and wrote in a statement she did not receive ANY physical injuries!
Try finding out your “partner” of nine years, who previously cheated twice with women, now decided to plot to have her out of the house they both own, so she can carry on with some married man she used to date 20 years ago!! Like I said, more to this story that was reported!!!
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