Sgt. 1st Class Kai Waters said she was terrorized, and bumped, by another driver, then stabbed the other driver when confronted at a gas station.
By Tom Jackman Tom Jackman Reporter covering criminal justice locally and nationally Email Bio Follow April 18 at 6:04 PM A grand jury in Hardin County, Ky., dismissed a felony assault charge against an Army sergeant involved in a February road rage incident after watching a surveillance video of the incident and hearing testimony from the sergeant and the other driver on Thursday.
Army Sgt. 1st Class Kai Waters says she was followed by an angry motorist for eight miles, then attacked by the motorist when they pulled over. Waters was then charged with felony assault. When Elizabethtown police arrived, they promptly arrested Waters. She spent the next three nights in the county jail, and when she was released, a judge ordered her to post $10,000 bond, undergo psychiatric evaluation and remain confined to Fort Knox, although she lived in her townhouse in Elizabethtown.
Elizabethtown Police Chief Jamie Land has said race had nothing to do with his officers’ decision to charge Waters and not the other woman. He did not want to discuss the case while it was pending but told The Post, “It’s not as cut-and-dried as Ms. Waters is making it appear. The story she’s presenting is not exactly the complete truth.” Land added, “This did not start at the gas station parking lot.
Young said Thursday that in addition to the Waters and the other driver, the Elizabethtown officer who investigated the case also testified, and that the grand jury then issued a “no true bill,” or no charges. Under Kentucky law, the circuit court is then required to dismiss the pending charges that were presented to the grand jury.
“I have no hard feelings for her,” Waters said. “I just pray for her that she gets help. I think she was just going through some stuff and I’m just happy that this is over with.” Waters said she was going to work on restoring her military career, after losing her security clearance and her job as a chemical, biological and radiological nuclear specialist following her arrest.
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