What happened: West Palm Beach police say a man punched a woman in the face multiple times after she refused his request for $20 at a Raceway gas station, then stole her car.
Background: deputies were dispatched shortly after 6 p.m. Sunday to the Raceway gas station at 288 N.
Haverhill Road following a 911 call reporting that Quione Williams had punched a woman and stolen her white 2020 Nissan Pathfinder. The report says Williams fled with the VIC’s cellphone and wallet still inside the vehicle.
The VIC told deputies she arrived at the gas station to buy a soda and was sitting in her car when Williams approached, asked about her chldren and demanded $20. After she said she did not have the money, Williams allegedly began striking her in the face multiple times.
The VIC ran inside the gas station for help, and Williams drove away in her Pathfinder, according to the report. Investigators also reviewed surveillance video that they said showed the incident.
Early Monday, deputies located the Pathfinder crashed and unoccupied near Fourth Street and Douglas Avenue in West Palm Beach.
The available details are limited to the information verified at publication time. Readers should expect updates as the matter develops.
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Source: official sources including CBS12 News.
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