A woman was the victim of a carjacking after her husband went inside a south Nashville area business.
The incident happened Monday as the couple pulled up to a business on Trousdale Drive.
According to an affidavit from Metro Nashville Police, the man left the pick-up truck running while he ran inside to get something. His wife, Stephanie Papuchis, remained in the passenger seat when a suspect got inside and drove away.
Police said she was looking down at her cell phone when the door opened and didn’t immediately realize what happened. She assumed it was her husband, but when she looked up it was a stranger, who went by the name of "Anthony."
She began yelling and tried to reach for her dog in the back seat, at which point the suspect allegedly pushed her from the moving truck.
Her husband called Metro Police, who found the woman unharmed and the truck abandoned in Williamson County.
The suspect, identified as Anthony Ward, was still nearby and was questioned. Police said he admitted to stealing the truck.
Ward was booked on carjacking charges and would be subject to a mental evaluation.
