Hamden police have charged a woman with running down her boyfriend's ex-girlfriend.
Officers responded to 1245 Dixwell Avenue around 11:30 a.m. Sunday after a report of an assault with a car. When police arrived, they found a 46-year-old woman who had been struck by a car while riding her bicycle in a parking lot.
According to police, witnesses told them the car was being driven by 24-year-old Jacita Candelario, and that Candelario intentionally drove into the victim and a high rate of speed. Candelario drove off with the bike stuck under her car, police said.
Officers found Candelario a few minutes later with her car on Newhall Street. The car had sustained a flat tire.
Candelario's boyfriend and her 6-year-old daughter were inside the car.
The investigation led police to determine that the 46-year-old victim was the ex-girlfriend of Candelario's current boyfriend. The victim was taken to Yale-New Haven Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Candelario is charged with second-degree assault, reckless endangerment, criminal mischief and risk of injury to a minor. She is scheduled to appear in court July 29.
