Woman accused of knifepoint carjacking, multi-city rampage in east Harris County
A 43-year-old woman allegedly carjacked a man at knifepoint in east Harris County, then drove 13 miles to Baytown, where the rampage ended at an ExxonMobil refinery gate.
A 43-year-old woman was accused of carjacking a man at knifepoint in east Harris County, then driving the stolen truck 13 miles to Baytown, where the spree ended only after she hit a U.S. Postal Service truck and rammed an ExxonMobil refinery gate.
The attack began Saturday at a gas station in the 3700 block of East Sam Houston Parkway. Court documents allege Chaninthorn Cuney approached a man sitting in a white truck, opened the door while holding a knife and struggled with him before placing the blade against his neck and pulling him from the vehicle. Surveillance video also showed her striking an unoccupied SUV, reversing into it again, pushing it into a gas pump and then backing onto the Beltway feeder road, where she hit a second vehicle.
Cuney then drove the stolen truck about 13 miles into Baytown. On Market Street, court records allege she crashed into a U.S. Postal Service truck. When the postal worker got out to check on her, the documents allege she made stabbing motions toward him. Deputies later arrested her at the nearby ExxonMobil Baytown refinery after she rammed one of the gates.
At a probable cause hearing Monday morning, July 14, 2026, Cuney told the magistrate she was a victim of identity theft when asked about appointed counsel.
Cuney was arrested in 2020 in Louisiana in another vehicle-related case. She used a car to plow into a house and several other cars after an argument, according to Assumption Parish Sheriff’s Office records. Separate Assumption Parish records list charges including felony criminal damage to property, reckless operation with an accident, hit-and-run driving and driving under a suspended license.
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