WAYNESBORO — A domestic dispute in the parking lot of a Waynesboro diner led to a victim being transported to Augusta Health Friday afternoon.
According to the Waynesboro Police Department, officers responded to Los Panchos Mexican Restaurant on Lucy Lane at 3:33 p.m. Friday to a report of a 42-year-old female victim who had been hit by a vehicle in the parking lot.
The preliminary investigation, police said, found that the woman and the suspected car driver, Gary Beavers, 35, were involved in a domestic dispute that resulted in the car being parked in the restaurant’s parking lot.
A press release said the woman exited the vehicle with a minor child before Beavers, of New Market, allegedly took control of the vehicle and hit the woman with it. Police said Beavers then left the scene and area.
The victim was transported to Augusta Health for treatment of her injuries, the release said. The minor child was not injured, according to police.
Waynesboro police said Beavers later found himself in New Market and was arrested by officers from the New Market Police Department. Beavers, who is currently being held at RSW Regional Jail in Front Royal, was charged with the following, according to the release:
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18.2-51(F) – Malicious stabbing, cutting or wounding with intent to maim, disfigure, incapacitate or kill
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18.2-51(F) – Causing malicious bodily harm with intent to maim, disfigure, incapacitate or kill
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18.2-51(F) – Attempting to cause malicious bodily harm with intent to maim, disfigure, incapacitate or kill
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18.2-95 – Grand theft of motor vehicles
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18.2-57.2- Attack and battery of a relative or relative
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46.2-301- Moving vehicle suspended or withdrawn
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46.2-864- Reckless Driving
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