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Motel Guest Tries Stabbing Employee With Scissors, Bites Officer In PWC, Police Say

An 18-year-old woman has been arrested after police say she tried stabbing a motel employee with scissors and smashed the glass of the hotel door, then bit an arresting officer in Virginia.

Ashja Elaine Wakefield

Ashja Elaine Wakefield

Photo Credit: Prince William County Police

Ashja Elaine Wakefield was a patron at the Red Carpet Inn in Dumfries when she got into an argument around 2:10 a.m. Tuesday, June 11, Prince William County police said.

Wakefield refused to leave the property and struck the 53-year-old employee before trying to stab him with scissors, police said. She then smashed the glass front door of the hotel before walking outside. Responding officers found Wakefield inside a nearby business and when they tried to detain her she actively resisted, police said. 

During the encounter, Wakefield bit an officer before she was arrested. Minor injuries were reported by both the manager and the officer. Wakefield has been charged with assault and battery on an officer, attempted malicious wounding, obstruction of justice, assault & battery, and destruction of property

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