WOMAN JAILED FOLLOWING ALLEGED ASSAULT INCIDENT

September 19, 2022 9:20 a.m. 

A Roseburg woman was jailed following an alleged assault incident on Friday.

A Roseburg Police report said at 5:30 p.m. 32-year old Kathlin Peterson allegedly broke a cane over a victim’s head, spit on him and barricaded herself in the victim’s bathroom in the 2700 block of West Jay Avenue. The victim reportedly told Peterson to leave but she refused. Peterson allegedly spit on two officers and a doctor prior to being taken into custody.

She was charged with unlawful use of a weapon, second-degree attempted assault, harassment, bias crime in the second-degree, first-degree criminal trespass, two counts of aggravated harassment, and for second-degree criminal mischief. Peterson was detained without bail.