NEW MILFORD — A 31-year-old woman is facing assault on a public safety officer charges from an incident Tuesday when she was arrested at her Wellsville Avenue home.
Kristy Smith, Wellsville Avenue, New Milford was arrested Tuesday about 9:06 p.m. when officers from the New Milford Police Department went to her home to serve an arrest warrant for second-degree failure to appear.
Smith is reported to have been intoxicated and combative, kicking and punching the two officers, according to police. She was tazered and placed under arrest.
Smith is being held on two $1,000 court set bonds on charges of interfering with officer, two counts of assault on a public safety officer and second-degree failure to appear. Her next court date is March 6 in Superior Court in Bantam.
Smith had failed to appear in court April 6 to answer to disorderly conduct charges stemming from a February, 23, 2015 incident.