A woman arrested back on July 23rd, in South Hutchinson in an apparent attempted armed robbery situation was in court Monday morning for the formal reading of charges.
Tina Brown is charged with attempted aggravated robbery, aggravated assault, criminal threat, and auto burglary.
The case starts just after 1 a-m in the morning with the defendant allegedly getting into a vehicle that didn’t belong to her at a residence on Detroit Street in South Hutchinson. She then allegedly went to the door of the residence and started beating on the door with a stick. Eventually, the victim came to the door and she demanded his keys claiming she wanted to steal his vehicle, but he refused. She did threaten that she had a 9-mm handgun according to South Hutchinson Police Chief Scott Jones. The victim and the defendant apparently scuffled and eventually police were called and she ended up in a shed behind the residence where she held police at bay for nearly 4-hours. She finally gave up and was taken into custody.
Although she claimed to have a gun, one was never found. She did have a back pack according to Chief Jones, but no gun was found.
In court, she claims she doesn’t remember any of it, saying she blacked out and says she woke up in the hospital.
She is being held with a bond of 26-thousand, 500-dollars and her case will now be placed on a waiver status docket next month.