A Central Florida woman was arrested for using a vehicle to hit her ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend, according to local law enforcement.
Polk County Sheriff’s Office detectives arrested the Lake Wales woman for attempted murder and other crimes.
According to law enforcement, 30-year-old Taylor Renee Alderman, of Lake Wales, was booked-in at the Polk County Sheriff’s Processing Center on charges of Attempted 1st Degree Murder, Aggravated Battery with a Deadly Weapon, and Leaving the Scene of a Crash involving Injury.
The incident began outside of a Lakeland residence, when Alderman arrived in her vehicle to drop off some property that belonged to her ex-girlfriend. At that time, a disturbance began and Alderman reportedly started yelling racial slurs at the new boyfriend of Alderman’s ex-girlfriend, according to PCSO.
Alderman began driving away in her 2012 Ford Fusion, but she then made a U-turn and accelerated toward the man, according to law enforcement. The Ford struck the man’s hand as he jumped out of the way, and the Ford slammed into a parked vehicle.
Alderman then fled from the scene in her Ford, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office stated. The victim suffered lacerations on his hand.
After deputies located and took Alderman into custody, she denied hitting the victim with her car and denied crashing into another vehicle, according to PCSO. However, witnesses at the scene said that Alderman intentionally tried to hit the victim, and she also hit the parked vehicle, which subsequently caused her bumper to fall off.
According to detectives, Taylor Alderman has a prior criminal history that includes grand theft, resisting, trespassing, violation of probation, and drug possession.
