Caretaker stabs man with Sharpie, shoves him from moving car on I-95, NC cops say

A woman from Florida who was caring for a man with “cognitive delays” stabbed him several times with a Sharpie before pushing him out of a car while she drove on I-95, a North Carolina sheriff said.

The caretaker was driving 60 mph near Godwin when she pushed the man onto the highway on June 26 just before 4 p.m., Cumberland County Sheriff Ennis Wright said in a statement. She then drove several more miles before crashing the car.

Godwin is about 46 miles south of Raleigh.

The man had a broken pelvis and road rash on his face, hands and legs, the statement says. He and the caretaker went to a local medical center for treatment.

The caretaker, Arlene Mary Bonitz, 57, of Palm Harbor, Florida, was arrested on July 1 and faces a charge of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, the sheriff said.

No attorney was listed for Bonitz.

Her bond was set at $75,000.

This story was originally published July 5, 2022 at 1:22 PM with the headline "Caretaker stabs man with Sharpie, shoves him from moving car on I-95, NC cops say."