Woman accused of ransacking Columbia Phillips 66 charged with making terroristic threat
Ryan Shiner
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A woman accused of pulling a knife on someone while ransacking a convenient store on Friday has been charged with multiple felonies.
Diranda Matress Thompson, 33, of Columbia, was charged with first-degree burglary, first-degree making a terroristic threat, unlawful use of a weapon and armed criminal action. She is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. A hearing was held on Monday afternoon.
According to the probable cause statement, police were called to the Phillips 66 on Range Line Street after a caller claimed a woman was destroying the store and pulled out a knife on an employee. Police saw “numerous display shelves” on the ground and “food items across the floor throughout the store,” court documents say.
One of the victims allegedly told police that a woman got into a fight with a man and was told to leave by an employee, the statement says. Thompson allegedly yelled back at the employee and started tearing down display shelves, the statement says. She also allegedly threw food at an employee before pulling a knife out on another.
Another person allegedly heard Thompson threaten people in the store, the statement says. Thompson drove away, but police found her at a BreakTime on Paris Road, court documents say.
The store provided police with video that allegedly backed up what was described by employees, the statement says.
Thompson allegedly told police that she “left the store without issue,” and pulled out a knife after she was followed, the statement says.