Police: Woman bites, attacks roommate with extension cord

A Des Moines woman was arrested Friday for biting and attacking her roommate with an extension cord.

Police were called to the 1700 block of Des Moines Street at about 4 p.m. Friday in reference to a dispute with a weapon, according to a police report.

According to the report, the victim and suspect got into a fight in the kitchen because the victim was mad at her roommate for not cleaning the kitchen. The victim had unplugged the extension cord used for the stove because she didn’t want her roommate cooking until the kitchen was clean.

The victim’s roommate took the cord, hit her several times in the face and chest with the cord and then bit her three times, twice on the right arm and once on the left wrist, according to the police report. Police saw one of the bite marks bleeding when they arrived.

The victim got away and locked herself in a room to call police.

Police arrested Rachel Sua of Des Moines for assault causing bodily injury, but she was no longer listed as an inmate in Polk County Jail as of 9 p.m. Saturday.