A 26-year-old resident of Rolling Ridge apartments reported she was assaulted Wednesday after she was wrongly accused of reporting another resident of the complex to the Department of Family and Children Services and having her lose custody of her child, Athens-Clarke County police said.
The woman who allegedly assaulted the victim was not the one who lost custody of her child, but someone named “Minnie” who, prior to attacking, asked the victim why she contacted DFACS, according to police.
After pushing the victim to the ground, the suspect reportedly struck her in the face and then dragged her by the hair, police said. The victim went on her own to St. Mary’s Hospital for treatment of injuries that included a bruise to her face, scrapes on her legs and scratches on her neck, police said.