A Pennsylvania woman has been charged with a half-dozen felonies after she allegedly struck one police officer with a car and another with her fists in Tompkins County.
Police responded to a business on North Triphammer Road in Lansing last Saturday morning after it was discovered that two suspects in a multi-county theft investigation were inside attempting to commit more thefts. When deputies arrived, they located 25-year-old Robert Snyder, of Lansing, standing in front of the business. He was taken into custody without incident.
The second suspect, 29-year-old Victoria Rose, was spotted leaving the business and walking randomly around cars in the parking lot. Police say Rose began ducking behind parked cars and then got into an unlocked vehicle. As deputies approached, Rose started the car, put it in reverse, and accelerated quickly. In doing so, she reportedly knocked the deputy to the ground. Rose then collided with a parked car before driving off at a high rate of speed. After she abandoned the car in another parking lot, she took off on foot. When a deputy sheriff caught up to her, Rose allegedly struck them in the head multiple times while being detained.
The deputy who was punched suffered minor injuries and the deputy struck by the car was not injured.
Police later learned that Rose had stolen the get-away car after stealing its keys from inside the business.
Victoria Rose was charged with:
- Attempted Assault upon a Police Officer – Class C Felony,
- Attempted Assault in the First Degree – Class C Felony
- Grand Larceny in the Fourth Degree – Class E Felony (Four Counts)
- Attempted Grand Larceny in the Fourth Degree – Class A Misdemeanor
- Unlawfully Fleeing a Police Officer in a Motor Vehicle in the Third Degree – Class A Misdemeanor
- Resisting Arrest – Class A Misdemeanor
- Obstructing Governmental Administration in the Second Degree – Class A Misdemeanor
Multiple traffic citations were also issued.
She was remanded to the Tompkins County Jail on $10,000/$90,000 cash/bond bail.
Robert Snyder was charged with:
- Criminal Possession of Stolen Property in the Fourth Degree – Class E Felony (Three Counts)
- Criminal Possession of Stolen Property in the Fifth Degree – Class A Misdemeanor (Three Counts)
He was released with appearance tickets and turned over to the New York State Police and the Ithaca Police for their investigations.
The Tompkins County Sheriff’s Office will continue investigating numerous unsolved thefts while reviewing possible connections to the defendants.
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