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Woman attacks 'ex-friend' with his own Porsche, police say

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By Nancy Bowman, Staff Writer Updated 5:51 PM Thursday, July 23, 2009

PIQUA – A woman faces felony assault charges after police said she went on a rampage, allegedly trying to hit two people with a vehicle before repeatedly plowing a Porsche into the side of the truck in which they sought refuge.

Pamela Maher, 47, was arrested July 16 after a series of incidents in the parking lot of a shopping center off U.S. 36 on the city’s east side.

She is charged with two counts of felonious assault along with misdemeanor violation of a protection order and driving while under the influence of alcohol or drugs. The charges are pending in Miami County Municipal Court, where a preliminary hearing was scheduled for today, July 23.

Piqua police were called to the parking lot around 12:45 a.m. on a report of an assault in progress.

Witnesses said they saw a woman in a Porsche repeatedly driving into the side of a truck with two people inside.

The truck’s driver, a 58-year-old Piqua man, said he had a protection order against Maher, who he described as an “ex-friend.”

He told police he had put the Porche in Maher’s name while he was in the process of a divorce from his former wife. He said he tried to get the car back, but a judge awarded it to Maher.

The man and the 26-year-old Piqua woman with him said they were heading from a sports bar to the truck when they saw the Porsche coming toward them, forcing them to run to the truck to avoid being hit.

The man claimed he had received several calls from Maher during the evening on his cell phone, and she was upset with him for talking to the woman accompanying him. A police officer said Maher made remarks about the woman to him .

The 1990-model Porsche and the 2003-model truck both sustained heavy damage, police said. No one was injured.

Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2292 or nbowman@DaytonDailyNews.com.

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