A Kentucky woman is accused of leaving a 91-year-old man trapped inside his car during sweltering 101-degree weather after he allegedly declined to buy her cigarettes.
Nikki Reed Hoskins, 37, was arrested last Thursday in East Bernstadt, roughly 75 miles south of Lexington, after authorities said she locked the elderly man in his vehicle and removed the keys, according to the Laurel County Sheriff’s Office.
The man was left stranded on the roadway in triple-digit heat and called 911 at around 1.15pm for help.
He told authorities that Hoskins, who is from East Bernstadt, abandoned him in the car “because he wouldn’t buy her cigarettes.”
Deputies later responded to Hoskins’ residence on Littontown Road, about four miles from the scene, but said she repeatedly refused to come outside.
Law enforcement eventually went inside the home and located her hiding in a bedroom.
As deputies took her into custody, Hoskins allegedly struck one of the officers before she was arrested.
Authorities said Hoskins appeared intoxicated, noting that her speech was slurred and her eyes were glassy and bloodshot.
Nikki Reed Hoskins, 37, was charged with wanton endangerment, theft by unlawful taking, assault on a police officer and menacing after allegedly locking a man, 91, inside his car
Hoskins is accused of having left the man stranded inside the car on a roadway about 4 miles from her home on Littontown Road in East Bernstadt, Kentucky
Additionally, police officers claimed that she was unsteady on her feet at the time of her arrest.
Hoskins was charged with first–degree wanton endangerment, theft by unlawful taking, third–degree assault on a police officer and menacing.
It was not revealed how, or if, she knew the 91–year–old man prior to last week’s alleged incident.
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She was also served with two outstanding Laurel District Court bench warrants for allegedly failing to appear in court on separate cases.
Those involved child support and charges of public intoxication and contempt of court, according to the outlet.
Hoskins was booked into the Laurel County Correctional Center after being taken into custody.
She was being held on a $10,000 cash–only bond in connection with the new charges, according to records cited by Law & Crime.
The Laurel County Sheriff’s Office alleged in a press release that Hoskns struck one of their deputies before being taken into custody last Thursday
It was dangerously hot in Kentucky (pictured) last week, with temperatures hitting the triple digits
When Hoskins allegedly locked the senior inside the car, a massive heat dome was enveloping the US, bringing temperatures above 100 to vast parts of the country.
Kentucky was among the states affected, with extremely dangerous heat, according to WHAS11.
Hoskins was previously arrested in September 2022 for allegedly assaulting a man and a woman after crawling out of a ditch, according to WYMT.
Hoskins then allegedly went to a home on began fighting with a man there.
Police officers found her lying on the ground bleeding from her face at the time, per the outlet.
The Daily Mail has reached out to the Laurel County Sheriff’s Office for further comment.
It was not immediately clear if Hoskins had retained an attorney.
