SHIPPENSBURG – A police officer responding to a noise complaint in Shippensburg was allegedly assaulted by a woman.
Shippensburg Police were dispatched to 113 E. Orange St. around 1 a.m. Wednesday for a noise complaint and found Kathaleen Dennis, 38, standing on a second floor deck yelling into a phone. Police said she yelled and cursed at police and refused to show identification.
Police allege she “aggressively lunged” toward a female officer, punched the officer just below the throat and kicked her twice.
The officer, who was not identified, sustained a hand injury and was treated and released at the hospital.
Dennis was jailed on charges of aggravated assault, resisting arrest, public drunkenness and disorderly conduct.
Another resident, Denise Martin, 28, was charged with disorderly conduct after police said she came outside and continued yelling, though police told her not to.