Woman charged with assault, theft

CHARLESTON - A Bertrand woman is in jail after attempting to steal a car and assaulting the car's owner.

Holly Suzanne Parker, 32, is charged with theft/stealing of property valued at more than $500, second degree domestic assault and first degree endangering the welfare of a child. All three charges are class C felonies punishable upon conviction by up to seven years

incarceration in the Missouri Department of Corrections.

According to Mississippi County Sheriff Keith Moore, Deputy Mike Borders was notified of an assault Saturday at a Bertrand residence. The victim told Borders that Parker had attempted to steal her car and then assaulted her after she refused to hand over her keys.

For more of the story see Wednesday's Standard Democrat