BETHLEHEM — Wendy M. Downey, 58, of Castleton faces felony charges after, police say, she tried to run down an officer who was attempting to arrest her for shoplifting.

According to a release from the Bethlehem Police, events unfolded this way: On Saturday, July 7, at 2 p.m., a Bethlehem Police Officer was in the parking lot of the Glenmont Walmart, taking a report for a property-damage crash. The officer saw a Walmart loss-prevention officer trying to apprehend a woman who had just shoplifted from the store.

“The officer ran towards the fleeing suspect in the parking lot, as the suspect got into her vehicle,” the release said. “The officer signaled for the vehicle to stop and approached the front of the vehicle. The suspect then put the vehicle in drive and drove forward striking the officer.”

Despite being struck, the officer approached the vehicle on the driver side and was able to convince Downey to stop the vehicle. She was taken into custody in the parking lot.

Downey was charged with felony counts of second-degree assault and first-degree reckless endangerment; misdemeanor counts of petit larceny, fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon, resisting arrest, reckless driving, third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a vehicle, operating while registration/license suspended; and violations of unregistered motor vehicle, uninsured motor vehicle, unsafe backing, and failing to comply with an officer.

The injured officer was treated by Delmar-Bethlehem Emergency Medical Services and transported to St. Peter’s Hospital for a knee injury.

Downey was arraigned in the Town of Bethlehem Court by Judge Ryan Donovan and remanded to the Albany County’s jail in lieu of $25,000 bail.