Pro-surfer and model charged with attempted murder after knocking down 73-year-old woman 'in road rage attack so vicious witness had to smash her car window to make her stop'
- Jill Hansen, 30, is alleged to have run down an elderly woman in the garage of an apartment complex with Honolulu on Wednesday
- The two are said to have had a road rage encounter and Hansen followed the woman home
- A worker at the complex witnessed the alleged attack
- He used a crowbar to smash out the back window of Hansen's car
- The witness said she was preparing to run down the victim a second time
- Hansen is known around her neighborhood for being 'scary' behind the wheel, sources say
- She has now been charged with attempted murder
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A 30-year-old professional surfer and model has been charged with attempted murder after allegedly following an elderly woman back to her apartment and running her down as part of a road rage incident.
Jill Hansen was formerly charged around 8pm on Friday in Hawaii following the attack in Waikiki, Honolulu, around noon on Wednesday, Hawaii News Now reported.
A witness, Chris Khory, has told police that he stopped Hansen from hitting the 73-year-old victim, identified as Elizabeth Conklin, a second time by smashing her back window with a crowbar.
Khory said after knocking Conklin down Hansen got out of her Volkswagen sedan, looked at her, got back in the car and reversed, according to Khon2.
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Charged: Jill Hansen, 30, has been charged with attempted murder for allegedly running down an elderly woman with her car in Waikiki
Jill Hansen was arrested on suspicion of intentionally striking a 73-year-old woman in a Waikiki parking garage with her car. She has a history of driving problems
In an effort to get Hansen's attention and stop her from hitting the woman again, a bystander used a crowbar to break one of the car's windows
Hansen is alleged to have followed the victim back to her apartment complex in Waikiki, waiting for her to get out of the car and then running her down
Jill Hansen is a self-described professional surfer and model
Khory, who works at the apartment complex on Kalakaua Ave, said he quickly grabbed a crowbar and ran over and smashed Hansen's back window.
Stunned, Hansen got and fled, leaving behind her car.
Police used it to track her down, arresting Hansen six hours later in the Manoa area.
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ShareConklin was taken to hospital with cuts, bruises and a head injury.
She was hospitalized in serious condition, emergency officials said.
This is not Hansen's first run-in with police.
She has a pending assault case and in a separate case was ordered to undergo a mental health evaluation.
Police used Hansen's car, which she left at the scene after running away, to identify her and track her down
Police arrested 30-year-old Jill Anjuli Hansen shortly after 7 pm on May 14
The incident occurred in the garage of the Diamond Head Apartments on Kalakaua Ave in Waikiki
Surfer Jill Hansen was arrested for attempted murder
There is also an active restraining order filed by her father.
According to the court documents, her father says she used Facebook to find someone to murder him and his family.
She has multiple rants on the social media site.
She claims to be a professional surfer and model and lashes out at critics.
Hansen has not yet been charged.
According to the court documents, Hansen's father says she used Facebook to find someone to murder him and his family. He has a restraining order against his daughter
Police said Hansen followed the older woman through the parking garage's security gate and then intentionally hit the woman with her car after she had exited her vehicle
Police said Hansen and the older woman do not know each other, and there was no apparent motive
According to Insurance News Net, Hansen is known in Honolulu for being a worry on the roads.
A member of the Maunalani Heights Neighborhood Security Watch, who asked not to be identified, said the group alerted its members about Hansen last year after several incidents involving erratic driving and behavior.
'We needed everybody on the lookout for her - that's how scary it was,' the member said.
'All 500 members were eventually brought into the loop of this situation because it was so serious.'
'There were probably over half a dozen people that had been adversely affected by her driving.
'Two people almost run over by her, one person almost had a head-on collision with her.'
Hansen was not arrested in connection with those incidents, the member said.
Bad reputation: Jill Hansen was allegedly known around her neighborhood for her driving record, and not in a good way, sources say
According to court records, Hansen was cited three times for speeding since February, the most recent time on Sunday.
In that incident she was allegedly driving 72 mph in a 35 mph zone in Wahiawa.
She is set to appear in court for that case in June.
She was also ticketed for using a mobile electronic device while driving in July. She received a $147 fine.
In addition, in 2011 she received fines for disregarding a stop sign, driving without a license and driving without insurance.
In 2013 she was fined for driving without headlights.
She has two convictions, one for speeding and the other for driving without a license in 2010, according to the state Criminal Justice Data Center.
Besides her driving offenses, Hansen was arrested April 18 for investigation of third-degree assault. She is scheduled to appear for that case in District Court on Friday.
According to court records, Hansen was cited three times for speeding since February, the most recent time on Sunday
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