Lasalle woman charged with attempted murder after weekend car crash

By Alyssa Leonard

Windsor Police have charged a 33-year-old woman with attempted murder after police say she pinned a young man between a building and her SUV.

It happened around 3 p.m. Saturday afternoon in a the 7700 block of Hawthorne Drive.

Upon arrival, police found a 16-year-old male pinned up against a building by a red Dodge Nitro.

Officers on the scene recognized the woman and vehicle from an earlier call at a restaurant in the 7700 block of Tecumseh Road where the 33-year-old advised she had been assaulted by a 16-year-old male. She reported that she and the male were known to one another and that she confronted the young man while inside the restaurant because she believed he had stolen some of her property.

After speaking with witnesses, officers determined that the young man had been purposefully struck by the vehicle.

The victim remains in hospital with life-threatening injuries.

33-year-old Maria Chouinard of LaSalle is charged with one count of attempted murder.

The investigation remains ongoing.