A 31-year-old St. Paul woman beat another woman with a small baseball bat late Thursday after the two had sparred on Facebook without having met, charges said.

Ramsey County prosecutors charged Bridget Leannamarie Olson with second-degree assault for her alleged attack on the victim, who was identified by the initials K.S.

According to the criminal complaint filed Monday in Ramsey County District Court:

After arguing on Facebook, the two decided to settle their differences in person. They met near White Bear Avenue and Ivy Avenue in St. Paul.

When the victim arrived, Olson was standing in the street holding a miniature baseball bat, she told police. Olson approached her car and reached inside, quickly hitting K.S. with the bat four or five times in the face and head.

The two began to fight outside the car. K.S. slapped the bat away, but Olson then punched her in the face as the victim lay on the ground. Olson retrieved the bat and again hit K.S. with it. Olson then ran to her Chrysler minivan and drove away, with K.S. following her.

Attempting to stop Olson, K.S. bumped the back of the minivan with her Kia Soul. Olson called police. A squad car pulled up and stopped both vehicles.

The St. Paul officer “immediately saw K.S. was bleeding heavily and her face was covered in blood,” the complaint said.

The complaint did not detail the nature of the Facebook dispute.

Olson declined to talk with police after her arrest. She was booked into the Ramsey County jail.

Emily Gurnon can be reached at 651-228-5522. Follow her at twitter.com/emilygurnon.