Hillsboro police search for woman who hit officer with stolen vehicle

HILLSBORO, OR – Hillsboro Police Department are searching for a woman who hit an officer with a stolen vehicle Saturday.

Officers were called out to the Old Navy parking lot at Northeast Evergreen and 185th Street at 11:35 a.m. by a caller saying someone in a white Suburu Legacy was driving erratically.

Police said an officer had determined the vehicle had been stolen.

The woman accelerated and hit the officer in the lower leg, according to police.

The woman accelerated and hit the officer in the lower leg, according to police.

Police said the suspect is described as a white woman, 5'5 and 125 pounds. She was last seen wearing a black hoodie, blue fleece pajama type pants and has rings on her left hand. She is wanted for several felony crimes, including assault on a police officer with a stolen vehicle (which has since been recovered).

Initially, police had identified the suspect as another woman, but through an investigation, "the female suspect is not who we originally thought it was," according to tweet by the Hillsboro Police Department.

This story has been updated to reflect that.

The case has been taken over by the Washington County Sheriff's Office who is actively working on the case.