Lacey woman escapes after attacked with hammer while selling books
Jun 13, 2025, 8:33 AM
A photo of a Lacey Police Department vehicle. (Photo courtesy of KIRO 7)
(Photo courtesy of KIRO 7)
A woman in Lacey was attacked by a man with a hammer while she was selling her books. The woman grabbed the suspect’s wallet as she attempted to escape.
A statement from the Lacey Police Department (LPD) said that a 911 call was made on Wednesday before 11 a.m. after the victim arrived at her house. The woman was crying and said someone was after her.
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The 20-year-old woman told the LPD that she was going door-to-door selling books when one of her potential customers attacked her.
The woman told officers that the suspect left to grab his wallet, pulled her inside the house by her hair, and hit her in the head with a hammer while threatening to kill her. The victim told LPD that she fought back and kicked the man in the face, and grabbed the suspect’s wallet before she fled so she could identify the man later.
“She is a survivor,” LPD Detective Sergeant Jeremy Knight said. “She met evil head-on, and after being struck several times on the head with a hammer, had the wherewithal to collect his identification on the way out.”
The suspect was taken into custody after LPD officers obtained a search warrant for his home.
The man was booked into the Thurston County Jail for assault, kidnapping, and harassment charges.
Officers said the victim had been treated for her injuries.
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