A Tampa woman survived being hit by a car this month in what deputies are calling a deliberate attack by her own boyfriend. The man, 28-year-old Levi Stevenson, now faces an attempted murder charge. Investigators say the two had argued, and that he ran her down with his vehicle as she walked away. She was taken to the hospital but is expected to recover.
Deputies with the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office were called to East 138th Avenue on June 12 after a woman was struck by a car, Fox 13 reported. She was taken to a hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening. As detectives looked into it, they say they learned the woman and Stevenson, her boyfriend, had been in an altercation. When she tried to call for help, according to investigators, he forcefully took her phone away.
Detectives say that as the woman walked along the side of the road, Stevenson veered off the roadway and seemingly, allegedly, hit her with his car on purpose. Then, he simply drove off. Deputies spent the next few days tracking him down and ended up arresting him on June 15. By then, the case had become an attempted murder investigation with a lot more moving parts…