A Fergus Falls, Minnesota woman is facing four felony charges – two counts of domestic assault, one count of second-degree assault and one count of criminal vehicular operation – after running over her live-in boyfriend after an aborted attempt to attend couples therapy, KTSP reports.
Veronica Roleen Gast, 30, was on the way to the appointment Saturday with her unnamed live-in partner when the whole reason they had booked time with the therapist in the first place became so intense that the man asked Gast to turn around and bring him back home. Gast instead pulled over and ordered him to get out of the vehicle, which he did. The man said as he was stepping toward the sidewalk he made eye contact with Gast, who then floored it, sending him tumbling over the hood and shattering the windshield. He wasn’t seriously injured, suffering only a gash on the elbow, and he was able to follow Gast down the street to a parking lot where she had pulled over.
It’s not clear whether Gast and her partner are still together and trying to work things out.