3 women arrested in beating

Staff report

Youngstown

Three women accused in a New Year’s Eve beating of a Kendis Circle woman have been arrested and charged with aggravated riot.

Regina Cansler, 21, of Kendis Circle; Allena Heriot, 26, of West Dennick Avenue; and Tiffany Watson, 33, of Kensington Avenue were arrested Friday. Heriot also is charged with attempted burglary.

Police were called the afternoon of Dec. 31 to the parking lot behind Kendis Circle on a report of a large fight. When they arrived, a 19-year-old woman who lives on Kendis said that two carloads of women came to her house, one broke a front window, and they came in.

She told police she fled the apartment, and about six women jumped her, pushed her to the ground and pinned her beneath a vehicle.

They beat her, pulled her hair and cut her wrist with a knife, the woman said.

She said they only stopped the beating when a neighbor yelled that she would call police. The women took her phone and keys.

The victim told police that the incident dealt with a man.