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February 2, 2012

Woman arrested for pop bottle bonk

Police called to emergency room for disruptive woman

MANKATO — Police officers responding to a disturbance at a hospital emergency room arrested a woman because she allegedly hit one of the officers on the head with a plastic pop bottle.

Jennifer Michelle Johnston, 23, of Willmar was a patient at the Mayo Clinic Health System's Emergency Room when employees there called police to report she was being disruptive, a Mankato Department of Public Safety report said. She allegedly continued to yell, scream and act belligerently after the officers arrived.

When the officers attempted to take control of Johnston, she hit one of them on the head with a plastic Mountain Dew bottle, the report said. She was eventually arrested and the officers are requesting a felony charge of fourth-degree assault.

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