Woman charged with assault after calling Brockville police to confess to hitting her boyfriend

A late-night argument between a couple on their way home from Brockville to Elgin escalated into violence, resulting in the arrest of a 26-year-old woman on assault charges after she called police and reported her own alleged crime.

At around midnight on Friday, Jan. 17, police were called to the Stewart Boulevard and Parkedale Avenue area regarding a dispute between a man and a woman.

Officers located the 26-year-old woman who reported the incident, and learned that she and her boyfriend, were on their way home to the Elgin area after a night out. Along the way, they got into an argument. The woman told police that she struck the man three times in the face and then was dropped off at the above-mentioned location.

Police spoke with the man, who had returned home, and confirmed he had been assaulted.

The suspect was arrested and charged with assault and failing to comply with her probation. She was held in custody for a bail hearing.