CAUGHT ON CAMERA -- A
WALMART SECURITY GUARD
USING HER
WORK CAR TO RUN DOWN A
BICYCLIST IN THE STORE
PARKING LOT.
WE ALSO HAVE THE VIDEO
OF POLICE SHOWING UP,
AND TO HER DISBELIEF,
ARRESTING HER FOR WHAT
HAPPENED.
LET )S GET TO NEWS 13 )S
MADELINE SCHMITT.
DEAN,
IT HAPPENED HERE AT THE
WALMART AT COORS AND
I-40. THE BICYCLIST
CLAIMS... THAT AFTER THE
SECURITY GUARD HIT HIM
-- SHE SAID "THERE )S NO
CAMERAS BACK HERE."
SHE WAS WRONG..
SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS ARE
ON AND ROLLING IN THE
BACK LOT OF THE
WALMART LOT NEAR THE
COORS -- I-40
INTERCHANGE --
JUST BEFORE 6:30 AT
NIGHT IN LATE JULY.
WATCH AS THIS WALMART
SECURITY CAR COMES INTO
FRAME... THEN... EXITS.
FOLLOWED BY A MAN ON
BICYCLE HEADED IN THE
OTHER DIRECTION. MOMENTS
LATER...
THAT SECURITY CAR THEN
FLIPS AROUND -- AND
MAKES A BEELINE FOR THE
BICYCLIST.
...nats "10:20:12 So I
was driving around the
garden center right
there on the corner and
he hit the car
with a soda 10:20:18"...
ALBUQUERQUE POLICE SAY
THIS WOMAN... CARMEN
FULCHER...
...nats "10:20:18 And so
I turned around really
quickly and I started
yelling at him
10:20:24"...
THEN HER SECURITY CAR
KNOCK THE BICYCLIST
DOWN.
A CLOSER LOOK AT THE
VIDEO WOULD APPEAR IT )S
NOT JUST ONCE...
BUT TWICE, (AFTER THE
MAN GETS BACK UP ON HIS
BIKE.
HERE, YOU CAN SEE HIM GO
DOWN ON THE SECOND HIT.
IT )S MORE THAN A MINUTE
BEFOR HE STANDS UP...
FULCHER DOESN )T GET OUT
OF THE CAR.
...nats "10:20:24 and
next to the donation
box, he hit the curb and
I pulled up and he said
I hit him 10:20:29"...
HER STORY IS MUCH
DIFFERENT --
THAN WHAT THE CAMERAS
CAPTURE AND WHAT THE
VICTIM TELLS
POLICE.
HE SAYS HE ACCIDENTALLY
SPLASHED THE CAR WITH A
WATER AS HE TOOK A SIP
WHILE PEDDLING... THEN
SHE CHASED HIM DOWN.
...nats "10:30:54 When
she hit me, I went like
that motions ...like
trying to get my balance
10:31:02"...
...nats: picture, camera
clicking...
PICTURES SHOW THE DAMAGE
TO THE BIKE...
AND THE BICYCLIST.
ALONG WITH THE SCRAPES
AND TIRE MARK ON THE
SECURITY CAR.
...nats "Cop: So,
actually today. We are
going to be placing you
under arrest 10:42:10
Carmen: You )re
kidding me! Cop: No,
ma )am"...
FULCHER WAS CHARGED WITH
AGGRAVATED BATTERY.
SHE WAS RELEASED FROM
JAIL DAY A FEW DAYS
AFTER HER ARREST.. DEAN,
BACK TO YOU.
OKAY MADELINE.
FULCHER PLEADED GUILTY
TO AGGRAVATED BATTERY
MORE
THAN A DECADE AGO ...
AND JUST A FEW YEARS AGO
SHE WAS ARRESTED FOR
USING PEPPER SPRAY ON A
COUPLE DURING A FIT OF
ROAD RAGE.
THOSE CHARGES WERE
EVENTUALLY DROPPED. WE
DON )T KNOW IF WAL-MART
CHECKED HER RECORD
BEFORE HIRING HER
AS A SECURITY GUARD.
THINGS GOT WILD ON THE
WEST SIDE THIS
