LI Woman Swipes Car, Drives Over Owner In Church Parking Lot: Police

LAKE RONKONKOMA, NY — A Long Island woman swiped a car and then ran it over the owner inside a church parking lot on Saturday night, Suffolk cops say.

Just before 7 p.m. Lorraine Lombardo drove her 2013 Chevrolet Spark into the parking lot of St. Mary’s Church on Lake Shore Drive and parked it near the clothing bins, leaving the motor running, police said, adding that Doreen Dunbar got into the driver’s seat, and shut the door.

Lombardo ran to the car, opened the driver’s door, and grabbed the steering wheel, but Dunbar put the car in reverse and accelerated, according to police. The car door knocked Lombardo to the ground and the car’s wheels ran over her legs, said police, adding that Dunbar continued accelerating and crashed the car into a guardrail and a fence before running away.

Officers from the 4th Precinct, as well as the aviation and K-9 sections, undertook a search of the surrounding area for Dunbar, and she was found “a short time later and placed under arrest,” police said.

Lombardo, a 73-year-old St. James resident, was transported to Stony Brook University Hospital for treatment of “serious, but non-life-threatening injuries,” according to police. Dunbar was transported to the same hospital for an evaluation, police said.

Dunbar, a 50-year-old homeless woman, was charged with first-degree assault and second-degree robbery. She will be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip at a later date.