A woman from Wallingford has been arrested following a domestic dispute incident that occurred on Saturday.
According to the Wallingford Police Department, officers responded to a Wallingford home around 1:30 p.m. and learned that a 31-year-old woman fled the scene with a child after assaulting another woman inside of the home.
According to police, officers learned that the woman engaged in a physical fight inside of the home with another female. During the altercation, police said the 31-year-old choked, hit and threw a knife at the other female.
Police said she then fled the scene in an older van with California plates after taking a 7-year-old from the home.
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She was located and arrested at the Westfield Mall in Trumbull. Neither the woman or child were hurt, police said.
The woman faces several charges including risk of injury to a minor, disorderly conduct and reckless endangerment.
She was released on a $5,000 bond and is scheduled to appear in court on April 11.
