Woman accused of assaulting officer

Ohio

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A 27-year-old woman assaulted an officer Wednesday while he was arresting her at a hotel in Williams County, the sheriff's office said.

At 7:53 a.m., employees at the Holiday Inn Express in Holiday City, Ohio called authorities after a hotel guest started acting strange.

Tammy Tolliver-Gordon of Markham, Ill. was being disruptive, so officers arrested her. While handcuffed, she struck an officer and damaged his uniform, the sheriff's office said.

The officer suffered a minor injury and received a medical evaluation. Tolliver-Gordon was taken to a hospital to be checked out.

She was later booked into the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio in Stryker on a felony charge of assault to a law enforcement officer.

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