USCP: Woman carrying bat arrested after biting officer

A pistillate carrying a shot bat was arrested Friday adjacent the U.S. Capitol aft raising the bat toward constabulary and aboriginal biting an officer.

According to CNN and WRC-TV successful Washington, D.C., the Capitol Police accidental the pistillate was walking down First Street SW astatine astir 9:30 a.m. ET Friday adjacent portion carrying a bat.

Police said the pistillate "appeared agitated" and yelled astatine officers. When constabulary tried to instrumentality the bat from the woman's hands, she allegedly spot an officer.

At that point, Capitol Police took the pistillate into custody. They identified her arsenic 25-year-old Olivia Romano.

Charges against Romano are pending. It's unclear if she has a lawyer.

The incidental is conscionable the latest convulsive oregon threatening incidental the Capitol Police person faced successful 2021.

On Jan. 6, thousands of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol successful an effort to disrupt the certification of the 2020 predetermination results. One serviceman died days aft the riots, and others died by termination successful the weeks that followed.

On April 2, an serviceman was killed erstwhile a car rammed a obstruction adjacent the Capitol. The suspect, wielding a knife, was changeable dormant by officers.

In August, constabulary Capitol Police responded to reports of a suspicious vehicle. The driver, who claimed to person a weaponry successful his car, was arrested person an hours-long standoff. No 1 was hurt.