HILLSBORO, N.D. – A Galesburg woman faces felony charges after prosecutors allege she assaulted her son and boyfriend, threw herself against objects in order to bruise herself and called police to falsely report she had been beaten by the boyfriend and held captive.

Jennifer Bopp, 29, called the Traill County Sheriff's Office on Sunday to report that she'd been held and beaten by her boyfriend over the past couple of days, according to charging documents filed Wednesday in Traill County District Court.

Bopp told deputies she finally managed to break free and wanted to make a report.

As deputies were heading out to see Bopp in Galesburg, dispatchers received a call from the boyfriend, who told them the reverse was true, and that Bopp had been abusing him and their son, documents state.

Dispatchers could hear Bopp in the background, pounding on the man's door and asking to come into their apartment and get a drink of water, court documents say.

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When deputies got the boyfriend, Rick Koepplin Jr., on the phone, Koepplin told them Bopp had taken his phone and threw it on the ground as he was trying to call 911.

Bopp was waiting outside the home when the deputies arrived and showed them bruises she said came from Koepplin, documents state.

Deputies questioned Koepplin, who showed them how Bopp caused her bruises.

Documents state that Koepplin, his son and Bopp were driving home from Hunter when Bopp tried to turn the vehicle off, then grabbed first his hand and then their son's hand hard enough to leave bruises.

She then began throwing herself into things in their apartment to bruise herself and broke the rear door latch on the apartment to get back inside, Koepplin told deputies. He showed them his bruised right hand.

Bopp was arrested and charged with interfering with an emergency telephone call, a Class C felony. She pleaded not guilty. Her next court appearance is set for July 29.