Police: Arkansas teen hit group of 5 people twice with her car during fight

Liberty Torrez, 18, of Osceola
Liberty Torrez, 18, of Osceola

A teenage girl hit a group of five people twice with her car in front of a Jonesboro home Monday night during an altercation over a “male subject,” according to police.

The fight was reported shortly after 6 p.m. that day in the 4000 block of Gabrial Court, and sent the victims, whose ages ranged from 15 to 22, to local hospitals for minor injuries, a report states.

Jonesboro police said that Liberty Torrez, 18, traveled northbound from a “cove” on the road and struck the five victims one time with her blue 2016 Kia Rio before continuing north, turning around in a southbound direction to strike them again.

Torrez later admitted to intentionally hitting the victims with her car in a photo taken at the scene and posted to her Facebook account, according to police.

That post included Torrez saying that next time she would use a “9” instead a vehicle.

One of the victims, whose identity was not released, told authorities that Torrez had suggested meeting up at the home around 3 p.m. to fight after a series of messages via texts and Facebook.

That meeting time was disregarded, but Torrez showed up around 6 p.m., police said.

Torrez was being held at the Craighead County jail as of Wednesday afternoon on charges of second-degree battery and aggravated assault, records show.

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