LAKEPORT, Calif. – Police have arrested a Lakeport woman after she repeatedly punched a Kmart employee and then attacked a police officer.
Marlyca Rose Ramos, 22, was arrested Monday evening, according to Lakeport Police Chief Brad Rasmussen.
Just after 6 p.m. Lakeport Police Officer Angie Bell was dispatched to Kmart on S. Main Street to investigate the report of an uncooperative shoplifter who loss prevention agents were trying to detain, Rasmussen said.
Rasmussen said that when Bell arrived she learned that a loss prevention agent witnessed Ramos remove an item of Kmart merchandise and leave the store without paying for it.
When the loss prevention agent confronted Ramos, she punched him in the face two to three times, Rasmussen said.
Bell attempted to arrest Ramos, who then attacked Bell, punching her in the head and face twice, knocking her to the ground and then standing over her and hitting her in the face again while she was on the ground, according to Rasmussen.
Rasmussen said Bell quickly recovered, drew her Taser and held Ramos at Taser point until backup units from the Lake County Sheriff's Office arrived to assist with taking Ramos into custody.
The Kmart loss prevention agent and Bell received minor injuries as a result of the incident, Rasmussen said.
Ramos was arrested and booked for felony assault on a peace officer, and misdemeanor charges of felony resisting an executive officer with violence, battery and shoplifting, according to jail records.
She remained in custody on Tuesday, with bail set at $15,000, jail records indicated.