She suspected her boyfriend of an affair and rammed his truck. Then she claimed he’d hired a hit man

A 36-year-old Richland woman has pleaded innocent to allegations she rammed an SUV into her live-in boyfriend’s pickup, then drove off.

She accused him of having an affair and told police he’d hired a hitman to kill her and that he should be arrested, according to court documents filed Wednesday.

After allegedly hitting his truck Tuesday evening, Valerie L. Hendricks then pulled into the driveway of their house.

Before going inside, she accused a teenage neighbor, who was standing outside with an adult, of having an affair with or texting with her boyfriend, said the documents.

She then locked herself inside her house with three kids and refused to come out for police, according to her citation.

Officers got a search warrant to enter the Wright Avenue home and arrest Hendricks. A blood sample was taken at a Tri-City hospital for later testing, and she was booked into the Benton County jail.

On Wednesday, Hendricks appeared in Benton County District Court on two new cases for simple assault with domestic violence, driving under the influence and hit and run.

A judge granted her release on her personal recognizance.

Dispatchers got a call at 5:10 p.m. Tuesday about a crash near the Williams Boulevard and Wright intersection.

Officers found a Ford truck, with fresh damage to the left side, partially on the sidewalk in front of a Wright Avenue home. The victim, Donald Reddout, complained of pain to his ribs.

That’s when Hendricks allegedly confronted a teenage girl and yelled at her before going inside her own house with a teenage boy and two small children. The girl and her mother strongly denied the accusations from Hendricks, the citation said.

The officer noted that Hendricks never identified herself as the driver of the GMC Yukon that had severe damage to the front left corner.

Reddout, 37, told police that he and Hendricks live together and have a young child.

He said he had been parked in front of the house when Hendricks approached from the opposite direction and intentionally rammed his truck.

He requested a protection order, police said.

Hendricks refused to come out of the house but told an officer through the door that Reddout had hired a hitman, the citation said.

Officers believed she was drunk or high based on her “odd behavior and bizarre statements.” She is required to have an ignition interlock device installed in her vehicle as a condition of her driver’s license, police said.

Hendricks got out of jail just before 6 p.m. Wednesday.

This story was originally published December 12, 2018 at 9:18 AM.