Transgendered Burglary Suspect Thwarted By Man With Rifle

A suspected residential burglary left one transgendered woman in the hospital Wednesday night.

The Washington County Sheriff’s Office arrested Camille Acuff, 29, on suspicion of residential burglary and misdemeanor assault. She remained Thursday in the Washington County Detention Center awaiting a bond hearing.

The Sheriff’s Office said Acuff followed a woman home without lights on. When the woman arrived at her home on Black Oak Addition in Fayetteville, she honked the horn several times to alert her family inside.

The woman’s father came outside and confronted Acuff, who then reached down inside the car, according to a preliminary report from the Washington County Prosecutor’s Office. The father ran inside to retrieve a gun, and the daughter drove off to the side of the house, the report states.

The father came back out with a rifle and chased the suspect to the back door, where the man struck Acuff in the head with the rifle, according to the preliminary report.

The father then tied Acuff up and called the police.

Responders transported Acuff, who is transgendered, to Washington Regional Medical Center, where she was treated and released into the custody of the Sheriff’s Office. Acuff was booked into the detention center Thursday morning.