Driver arrested after crashing into Buckeye apartment: police
BUCKEYE, Ariz. - Police say a man who crashed a car into an apartment in Buckeye on Monday afternoon was arrested.
The incident happened on Sept 2 at Cholla Ranch Apartments, near Baseline and Miller Roads.
Buckeye Police say no one inside the apartment was hurt. Other people in nearby apartments suffered minor injuries from broken glass.
"Officers have located and detained the driver," police said. "At least one passenger in the vehicle is being evaluated by Buckeye Fire for injuries."
Police identified the driver as 37-year-old Keith Auzenne.
Investigators say the incident stemmed from an argument between Auzenne and his girlfriend.
"During the investigation, officers learned an argument between Auzenne and his girlfriend escalated with the suspect forcing her into the backseat of the car and then driving recklessly before crashing," police said.
Auzenne was booked into jail and is accused of multiple charges, including aggravated assault, kidnapping and leaving the scene of an injury crash.
'It sounded like thunder'
"It scared the living daylights out of me," a neighbor named Terry Johnson said.
She was sitting at her kitchen table when a car came crashing into her apartment.
"I had glass all around me on the table, the floor and all I could do was scream," she said.
Her son, Ivan Davis, also lives at Cholla Ranch Apartments. He was on the back patio when he heard screeching tires, and shortly after, he saw the crash.
"I stuck my head out the railing just as the car was coming right through the brick wall, and it hit my mom's apartment as well as our next door neighbor's," Davis said. "Flying debris all over."
He then jumped the wall to help a woman and man who were inside the car.
No one inside Johnson's apartment was hurt, but Buckeye Police say neighbors in other apartments suffered minor injuries from broken glass.
Kevin Gates, a neighbor who was in his bedroom, heard the crash.
"It sounded like thunder and then the wall got pelted by debris," he said.