(COLORADO SPRINGS) — An officer with the Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) suffered minor injuries after a woman clawed the officer’s arm with her fingernails while being arrested.
According to CSPD, officers responded to a disturbance shortly before 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 11 to the 1000 block of Mazatlan Circle, just south of Valley Hi golf course. CSPD said officers were checking the area, they found a suspicious car and pulled it over for a traffic violation.
CSPD said the passenger in the car provided the identity of a sibling, and when officers ran the sibling’s name, they discovered the person was wanted on a warrant. When officers told the woman she was under arrest, she struggled with officers and intentionally clawed one of the officers’ arms with her fingernails.
The woman, identified as 36-year-old Nakiya Edwards, was arrested on charges of Second Degree Assault, Criminal Impersonation, and Obstruction of a Peace Officer. She was booked into the El Paso County Criminal Justice Center. The officer suffered minor injuries.