Two days after she was saved in a home invasion by strangers, a Fayetteville woman was arrested on suspicion of two outstanding misdemeanors, according to an arrest warrant issued in Prairie Grove District Court.
Sabrina Leigh Hamilton, 23, was arrested Thursday morning on suspicion of misdemeanor failure to pay fines and costs and failure to pay registration. She was released four hours later from the Washington County on $1,050 bond, according to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office.
Hamilton was saved by three strangers Tuesday night after a man allegedly took Hamilton and her two children hostage after entering Grandview Apartments on 24th Street in Fayetteville, police said.
Fayetteville police responded to 401 W. 24th St. in reference to the disturbance.
According to police reports, Hamilton said a man, who has now been identified as Christopher Corbitt, refused to leave and lodged two large kitchen knives into the door before deadbolting it, as he was holding the family hostage.
Hamilton, who is 5 months pregnant, told police she felt like Corbitt was going to rape her because he made sexual advances by stroking himself and speaking inappropriately. At that point, Hamilton said she grabbed her two children and ran to the first bedroom where she started screaming for help.
According to reports, John Trollinger heard the screams and called for help from two passerbys. The vigilantes kicked open Hamilton’s door in an effort to help, at which point Corbitt escaped and ran away.
Police say Corbitt was found a short time later, armed with a knife and unwilling to comply with verbal commands. A taser was used to subdue the suspect, who was then arrested and eventually booked into the Washington County Detention Center.
