Crime & Safety
Woman Tried To Run Over Neighbor With Car: Enfield Police
An Enfield woman with four previous convictions was charged Tuesday and held on $200,000 bond following an incident in front of her home.
ENFIELD, CT — A dispute between neighbors late Tuesday morning resulted in a woman attempting to run over a man with her car, culminating in her arrest on several charges, including a felony, and a $200,000 bond.
Stephanie Hoffman, 59, was charged with criminal attempt to commit first-degree assault, first-degree reckless endangerment and second-degree breach of peace. She was slated to be arraigned Wednesday in Hartford Superior Court.
According to a police report, around 10:34 a.m. a neighbor stated Hoffman had bumped into the rear of his car with her vehicle, a 1999 Honda Accord, and continued to accelerate as if to push his car away. When he reached into her car to put it into park, she got out and began attacking him, causing both to fall to the ground.
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When the man got back up, he said he stood between the front of the Accord and the rear of his car. Hoffman got back into the Honda and accelerated toward him, but he jumped out of the way before being struck, according to the report.
Another neighbor said she heard Hoffman screaming and witnessed the altercation between the two, which she captured on a cell phone video and turned over to police, according to the report.
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Once in custody, Hoffman was uncooperative with police, banging on her cell door for nearly two and a half hours, according to the report.
"A review of Hoffman's history revealed multiple arrests for assault and reckless endangerment both in the State of Connecticut and outside of the state," officer Mike Colantuono wrote in his incident report. "An inhouse history inquiry revealed that Hoffman was previously arrested at the same address for chasing and striking her neighbor with a hammer on December 16, 2021."
State judicial records indicate Hoffman has been convicted on four previous occasions - for interfering with police in 2019 and 2015, with prison sentences of 90 days and 60 days respectively, and for breach of peace in 2022 and 2014, each of which drew a 6-month suspended sentence and probation.
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