Woman reportedly assaulted Walmart customers before standoff at Northern California home

A woman is in custody following a series of attacks Wednesday night outside a Walmart that turned into a standoff in Placerville.

Cimone Isabel Fotuaika, 30, was arrested after she surrendered to deputies around 10 p.m. following a nearly five-hour standoff at a home on Forni Road.

The El Dorado Sheriff’s Office said in a social media post that the incident began after deputies were dispatched for multiple reports of armed assault and carjacking attempts around 5 p.m. at the Walmart on the 4300 block of Missouri Flat Road. Sheriff’s Office spokesman Sgt. Eric Palmberg said she used a knife during the alleged assaults.

After encountering deputies at the Walmart, Fotuaika fled into the house creating a “significant law enforcement presence,” the Sheriff’s Office said in a social media post.

Palmberg said Fotuaika was listed as a transient in the police report. Palmberg said deputies believe she was new to the area from Texas.

She was booked into jail, but the charges she’s facing were not immediately clear. Palmberg said she is being held on $450,000 bail.

This story was originally published July 1, 2021 at 9:43 AM.