Huntington Station woman faces assault charge

A Huntington Station woman faces charges of assault and reckless endangerment after running down three other women with her car at a New Cassel hall early Friday, Nassau County police said.

Deputy Inspector Kenneth Lack said Shannon N. Chambers, 35, of 7 Tower St., had gotten into an argument with women at the American Legion Post 1861, at 887 Prospect Ave., that turned violent.

After being punched in the eye, she left the hall vowing to be back. Lack said she went to her car, parked around the corner on Hooper Street. A short time later, at about 2:27 am, she drove east a half of a block in the westbound lane of Prospect, and at a group of about 20 people standing on the sidewalk in front of the hall. She hit three women -- aged 25, 39, and 45 -- and then a utility pole.

She then backed up away from the pole, and hit the 39-year-old woman a second time, Lack said.

None of the three, he said, were involved in the initial argument.

Chambers was arrested by Third Precinct officers on routine patrol, as she was trying to get away, police said.

Chambers and the three women suffered minor injuries, police said. All four went to a hospital, and Chambers' car was impounded.

Lack said police did not know what the fight was about. Chambers was not charged with DUI. She has a previus convicton in 2009 for criminal mischief. Lack said she broke the windows of a car.

Chambers is charged with assault and reckless endangerment, police said. She is scheduled to be arraigned Friday in First District Court in Hempstead.