A Massachusetts woman accused of plowing into a man’s Jeep after becoming enraged by his Trump bumper sticker pleaded not guilty in district court to assault with a dangerous weapon. (Cape Cod Times)
Chloe Wright, 25, also faces charges of vandalizing property and leaving the scene of property damage. She was released on $1,250 bail and was ordered to stay away from the victim.
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On June 30, a man called Barnstable police to report a hit-and-run crash. He told responding officers he had been driving south on Bearses Way in Hyannis, and was stopped for a red light at the intersection of Route 28 when the driver of the car behind him began honking the horn, according to a police report.
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Thinking that something might be wrong with the back of his car, the man stepped out into the road. The driver began yelling at him about a Donald Trump bumper sticker on the back of his car, he told police.
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As the man began recording the incident on his phone, the woman drove around his car, prompting him to step back into the driver’s side door opening, he told police, according to the report. The woman then drove at him and hit the open door, he said, according to the report.
A statement provided to police by the man’s girlfriend corroborated his account.
Massachusetts State Police stopped and arrested Wright on Monday after a check of her license plate revealed an outstanding warrant on the charges.