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Willmar Woman Arrested At MCHS In Mankato Emergency Room

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A Mankato Department of Public Safety officer is allegedly assaulted early this morning in the emergency room.

Authorities say hospital staff at Mayo Clinic Health System – Mankato reported a patient being disruptive just after 3:30 a.m. Thursday.  When a Mankato police officer tried to calm 23–year old Jennifer Michelle Johnston of Willmar, she allegedly hit the officer with a Mountain Dew bottle. Johnston was arrested and booked into Blue Earth County Jail.

Requested charges include 4th degree assault, obstruction of legal process and disorderly conduct.