Woman to be arraigned on assault charges

STAFF REPORT

WARREN — A 43-year-old city woman will be arraigned today in municipal court on four assault charges filed after police said she went on a rampage around the downtown.

Linda Jean White, of West Market Street, is being held in the Trumbull County jail after her arrest Wednesday — when police had to pull her shirt over her face because she was spitting on the arresting officer.

Police were called about 5 p.m. to America’s Best Value Motel on Mahoning Avenue, where they said she was ranting in the lobby.

The motel manager told police White had swung at and scratched a woman who is six months pregnant. As police were taking her to the county jail, she became agitated and twice spit at the officer, police reported.

Earlier, about 11 a.m., police reported, White was at the Social Security office on East Market where she was told she couldn’t receive benefits for 30 days because she had been in jail.

A guard walked her out of the building, but she returned and struck the guard with her purse and clawed him in the chest. She left the building and was passing a woman on the sidewalk. White struck the woman several times on the arm, but the victim was able to break herself free, a report said.

At about 1 p.m., police said, White saw a woman in the 100 block of West Market and struck her in the back.