FORT MILL, S.C. — A man grabbed a woman and tried to drag her toward a car Thursday while she was on a walk, Fort Mill police said.
The woman, who was staying at the Hampton Inn on Carolina Place Drive, was walking nearby just before 4:30 p.m. when a car containing two men and a woman pulled up near her.
One of the men grabbed her and succeeded in taking her cellphone, but the woman was able to escape, police said.
The man ran back to the car, but as the group was driving away, the car crashed into a tree in the parking lot of Lowes Home Improvement store.
The three people ran away on foot and officers found them soon after in a nearby shopping center.
Police took Graham Cornwell, Benjamin Hornowski, and Alicia Perlson, all from near Asheville, North Carolina, into custody.
All three people were charged and both Cornwell and Hornowski are still in custody at the York County Detention Center.
Officials released Perlson Sunday on bond.
Charges:
-Graham Cornwell
- Bond amount: $116,620
- Attempted kidnapping
- Robbery
- Assault and battery 1st Degree
- Larceny/Breaking into a Motor Vehicle (Not related to original incident)
- Criminal Conspiracy
- Drug Possession Charges (Placed by investigators with the York County Multijurisdictional Drug Enforcement Unit)
-Benjamin Hornowski
- Bond amount: $60,000
- Robbery
- Criminal conspiracy
- Failure to report striking fixtures upon or adjacent to a highway (Fleeing the scene of an accident)
-Alicia Perlson:
- Bond amount: $50,000
- Robbery
- Criminal Conspiracy
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