A 67-year-old Cedar Creek Drive resident reported she was assaulted Friday morning during a dispute with another motorist in the parking lot of Publix on Barnett Shoals Road, Athens-Clarke County police said.
Concerned that the other motorist might try to damage her car while she was inside the supermarket, the victim told police she attempted to take a photograph of the other woman's car when the woman got out and grabbed her in an attempt to take her cellphone, according to police.
The woman alleged the suspect bent back her fingers while trying to take the phone, police said.
Witnesses corroborated the victim's story, police said. The suspect was described as a black woman who was 5-feet, 5-inches to 5-feet, 7-inches tall, with shoulder-length curly hair and driving a green car, possibly a Dodge of Chrysler, with Indiana license plates.