UTICA, NY – Police in Utica have arrested 33-year-old Brianna Young, of Rome for an October 22nd baseball bat assault in the 1500 block of Steuben Street.
Utica police officers were dispatched to the scene after a report that one person was struck in the head by a woman wielding a baseball bat during a fight.
“Upon the officer’s arrival, the victim stated that she was attempting to break up a fight between two parties when a relative of one of the involved individuals struck the victim in the head with a baseball bat and then fled the scene,” the Utica Police Department said on Saturday.
The victim was transported to St. Elizabeth’s Hospital where she received several staples to close the wound.
Police said Young was currently on supervised parole and was charged with second degree assault, criminal possession of a weapon and a NYS parole violation.