From Maryland State Police:
A Delaware man was arrested earlier this week in Harford County after he allegedly assaulted the driver of a vehicle he was attempting to repossess during his pursuit of her down Rt.1 that ended when he lifted her vehicle into the air while she remained inside.
The suspect is identified as Astii D.C. Dunnum, 27, of New Castle, DE. He was charged with assault, destruction of property and disorderly conduct. He was released by a court commissioner on a $5,000 bond thanks to his assault lawyer.
At about 3:00 p.m. on October 22, 2018, a trooper from the Bel Air Barrack was dispatched to a convenience store parking lot in the 1200-block of Main Street in Darlington, Md., for the report of an assault. Numerous calls had been received from the victim, accused and other drivers concerning circumstances related to this incident. The arriving trooper found both the suspect and the victim on the scene. The victim was still inside the Dodge Journey SUV that was registered to her husband. The front tires of her vehicle had been lifted about six feet in the air by the tow apparatus operated by the suspect.
Through interviews and investigation, the trooper learned the 53-year old victim was in her yard in the 1400-block of North Road in Bel Air when the suspect abruptly drove into her driveway. She stated she was afraid of being struck, so she entered her vehicle. She said the suspect did not exit his vehicle to identify himself, so she feared for her safety and drove away.
A pursuit then ensued, as the suspect followed the victim onto Rt. 543 and then to northbound Rt. 1. While on Rt. 1, the victim said the suspect crossed into the opposing lane of travel and attempted to push her off the road multiple times. The victim stated the suspect actually struck her vehicle at one point. Multiple calls by other drivers to the Bel Air Barrack supported the report of the pursuit and dangerous driving behavior. When the victim pulled into the convenience store parking lot, she reported the suspect from the towing service deployed the tow apparatus and lifted the front of her vehicle off the ground while she remained inside.
The victim was transported by ambulance to a hospital for a medical evaluation. The suspect was arrested on-scene by the trooper. The trooper did confirm the suspect had a repossession order for the car the victim was driving.
“She stated she was afraid of being struck, so she entered her vehicle.” Idiot!
Because standing in the driveway would definitely keep her from being struck. Not to bright are you Sam…..
Is it reasonable to assume a bank sent multiple letters before a tow truck showed up?
After being sent letters, is it reasonable to not understand why there would be a tow truck in your driveway?
Think real hard about that.
So this person was really scared of a tow truck and hopped in their car that was about to be repossessed out of coincidence?
cool story bro but all it said was she was afraid of being struck, Maybe you could get someone to explain it to you……
She should have remained in place under the police showed up, cretin.
Yea that definitely would have kept her from being struck…..
So this woman just stands there? Are we raising dummies here in Harford?
Actually the article says she didn’t just stand there and yes apparently we are raising dummies here in Harford who can’t read.
Sad.
Speaking of dummies? I hope you refer to yourself as @ Deer God like in Bambi or Rudolph type of Deer and not the actual Dear God like addressing a letter?
My husband witnessed this. He said it was crazy. The husband was there yelling, the wife was in the car, yelling, and the repo man was saying, “You should have paid your payments”.
He told me about it when he got home. I didn’t realize it was in Darlington.
I’ve seen what I would assume was a few automotive repossession in person. They all had 1 thing in common and that was showing up, hook up to the car and leaving as fast as possible. None of them got out to “identify” themselves or have a conversation. Common sense would tell me that is possible added confrontation on what is already a fairly dangerous job.
I don’t see where they need to tell someone what they are doing considering the people have to know they haven’t paid their bills in some amount of time. LOL
She jumped in the car because she didn’t think the guy would take it away if she was in it. He had a right to take the car, she knew it and she was just trying to thwart his attempts. Not sure he should have chased her down the road but I don’t have a lot of sympathy. Pay your bills next time or maybe buy a used car if you have trouble with payments.
You may want to read the article, that’s not at all what it says.
Seriously, this woman was an idiot. I’m sorry, she was clueless in my opinion. Who in the heck just stands there while a scene like this unfolds? I really don’t feel the slightest bit sorry for her.
The repo man should have never pursued her. If he wanted to safely follow her and then hook it up when it was safe he could have done that. He certainly had no right to put others in jeopardy on the road.
Don’t these guys usually make a move in the middle of the night to avoid this very kind of problem? Perhaps that wasn’t working for them to date and they had to make a day time pickup instead.