A woman allegedly ran over her father after stealing her father's Cadillac Escalade and hitting two vehicles Wednesday night.
Theresa R. Petty, 27, allegedly jumped into the driver's seat of her 52-year-old father's SUV while in a parking lot on Monroe Street, according to the police incident report.
""In an attempt to stop the theft, the father stood on the running board of the SUV, ordering his daughter to stop,"" Madison Police spokesman Joel DeSpain said.
According to DesSpain, as Petty drove out of the parking ramp on Monroe Street she allegedly collided with a Toyota SUV. The Toyota was then pushed into the Subaru behind it. The Toyota and Subaru were both extensively damaged, but the drivers of both vehicles did not suffer serious injuries.
This collision caused the father to fall to the pavement. The victim told police after he got up his daughter backed the Escalade into him, knocking him to the ground again.
Petty's father was taken to a hospital, but had no significant injuries, DeSpain said.
Petty is also allegedly involved in a robbery that occurred early Thursday morning.
The suspect took the purse of a 71-year-old woman in the Woodman's Food Market parking lot, according to the incident report. The suspect then allegedly struck a parked car while driving away from the area in an Escalade.
