Woman allegedly runs over boyfriend
Sharon Woods Harris
A Pekin woman was arrested Sunday for allegedly running over her boyfriend with her vehicle while he was riding his bike after a domestic dispute.
Jennifer S. Lee, 32, of 1231 S. Sixth St., Pekin, was arrested for aggravated domestic battery. She remains in the Tazewell County Justice Center where she awaits a bond hearing this afternoon.
Pekin police were called to the 1000 block of South Sixth Street at 8:39 p.m. in reference to a bicycle-car collision. When police arrived, a witness told officers that the man riding the bicycle had left the scene on foot and was bleeding, said Pekin Police Public Information Officer Mike Sanders.
Officers observed a Ford Explorer at the scene driven by Lee and a bicycle with both wheels bent and the seat mangled, said Sanders.
A witness to the incident said he was sitting on his porch when he saw Lee pull up next to the bicycle as she was yelling at the man on the bike. He said he could not hear what she was saying.
The man continued riding on his bike and Lee allegedly swerved into the bike and ran over it and the man on it, said Sanders.
The witness told officers that the Explorer stopped on top of the man and then started to back up as the witness yelled at Lee to stop the vehicle. Lee stopped and the man crawled out from under the vehicle. Lee told officers that she and her boyfriend had argued about his level of intoxication at their residence. He left as the argument escalated, said Sanders.
An officer called the man on the phone and he refused to talk to police except to say he was upset she had damaged his bike. Officers went to his home and the man refused to open the door. The matter has been referred to the Tazewell County State's Attorney.