A woman in Winters physically assaulted and sprayed insecticide in a man’s eyes on Sunday under the Railroad Avenue bridge, according to the Winter’s Police Department. Officers characterized the attack as a domestic violence incident.
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Police officers were dispatched to the bridge at around 3:45 p.m., where a passerby informed them that they believed a man had broken a woman’s nose. Afterward, while officers were walking down a trail in the creek, a pitbull off its leash aggressively charged at them, leading an officer to fire their weapon and kill the dog.
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Officers determined that the dog belonged to the man and woman involved in the original disturbance and arrested the woman on charges of felony domestic violence and felony assault with a deadly weapon. The deceased dog was left in possession of the man and Animal Control was contacted, according to the police department.
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The woman is now being held at Yolo County Jail.
