Attempted murder charge filed in Marin County pot farm attack

<p>A woman was arraigned on an attempted murder charge Thursday for what authorities said was a rampage at an Inverness marijuana farm.</p><p>Kelsey Lin Winterkorn, wearing a jail uniform and a two-toned mohawk, made her initial court appearance in the case with her public defender, La Dell Dangerfield.</p><p>Winterkorn, 27, is also charged with two counts of assault with a deadly weapon and one count of burglary, said prosecutor Dorothy Chou Proudfoot.</p><p>Winterkorn did not enter a plea.</p><p>Winterkorn is accused of striking a fellow tenant in the head with a baseball bat while he was sleeping, then hitting him again in the arm, the Marin County Sheriff's Office said. The suspect lives in Inverness Park.</p><p>When the victim fled and got a roommate to drive him to the hospital, Winterkorn allegedly rammed them twice with her van, a handpainted orange Dodge labeled the "Biohazard Battlecruiser." Winterkorn was arrested that night after a sheriff's deputy spotted the van in Sonoma County. Her bail is set at $500,000.</p><p>Authorities have not released a motive for the alleged attack.</p><p>Investigators found an indoor marijuana operation at the rental home and seized more than 800 plants. No charges have been announced against the other renters.</p>