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Woman with bat arrested for attacking Capitol police officers
A woman who allegedly approached Capitol police officers with a bat - and even bit one of them - was taken into custody on Friday.
WASHINGTON - A woman approached the U.S. Capitol Friday morning and attacked a Capitol police officer with a baseball bat, according to a Fox News reporter.
According to Fox News Capitol Hill reporter Chad Pergram says the woman approached the Capitol from the West Front and "assumed a batting stance" and then tried to strike officers.
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When the officers closed in on her, she reportedly bit one of them.
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Capitol police charged Olivia Romano with assaulting an officer.
After the incident, the woman reportedly claimed she was "arrested illegally" and claimed she’d been attacked by police.