Kai Deberry-Bostick Arrested After Striking Officer, Driving Into Laurel Festival Crowd; No Attendees Hurt

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Updated May 12, 2025, 02:35 AM

On Saturday, May 10, 2025, 28-year-old Kai Deberry-Bostick, a Delaware native and Bowie State University graduate, was arrested after driving her BMW sedan through barricades and into a crowd at the Main Street Festival in Laurel, Maryland.

Body camera footage shows Deberry-Bostick, a former member of the Zeta Delta sorority, ignoring multiple police warnings and removing yellow caution tape at a roadblock. She insisted she needed to leave to go to work in Virginia, refusing an officer's offer to call her a taxi and telling pedestrians, "Excuse me, y'all," as she drove through the closed area.

After re-entering her vehicle, Deberry-Bostick struck a police officer with her car and drove several yards into the festival area, where crowds were gathered. The officer sustained minor injuries, but no festival-goers were harmed.

Deberry-Bostick was stopped and arrested by police. She faces multiple charges, including assault, resisting arrest, and reckless endangerment.

Earlier that day, an unrelated propane tank explosion during vendor setup led to the cancellation of the festival's parade and delayed the event's opening. The Main Street Festival, held for 44 years, resumed later in the day. One person suffered minor injuries in the explosion, which city officials described as a negligent accident.

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28-Year-Old Kai Deberry-Bostick Arrested for Driving Through Barriers, Striking Officer at Laurel Festival After Propane Explosion

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Former College Cheerleader Kai DeBerry-Bostick Arrested for Assault After Driving Into Festival Crowd and Hitting Officer

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Kai Deberry-Bostick Arrested After Striking Officer, Driving Into Laurel Festival Crowd; No Attendees Hurt

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