Charly Haley

chaley@dmreg.com

Police arrested a Des Moines woman Tuesday evening after she allegedly assaulted two people with a Taser.

At about 6:30 p.m., Des Moines police responded to an apartment in the 2500 block of Clarkson Avenue, where a woman had reportedly used a Taser on her ex-boyfriend and another woman, according to a Des Moines police report.

Ngan Thi Huynh, 48, was booked into the Polk County Jail on charges of assault with a dangerous weapon, first-offense domestic abuse assault with a weapon, and first-degree burglary, according to online jail records.

Huynh forced her way into her ex-boyfriend's apartment by using a hammer to break a hole in the door, according to the police report. The two had broken up earlier that day, the 64-year-old man told police.

Once inside the apartment, Huynh reportedly "began to assault (the man) with a Taser, dry-stunning him multiple times in the abdomen," according to the report. After attacking him, she reportedly used the Taser on a woman who was in the apartment, "to dry-stun her an estimated four to five times on her arms," according to the report.

The man hit Huynh with a cane to stop her from assaulting the woman before he called 911 while she ran away from the apartment, according to the report.

Medics checked out both victims at the scene. The man was "out of breath and stunned from the assault," but he refused further medical treatment, according to the report. Both victims had "probe marks" on their bodies from the Taser.

Police encountered the suspect outside the apartment, and she complied with her arrest, according to the report. She told officers she initially brought a hammer and Taser to the apartment because the male victim had assaulted her in the past. She also said he had punched her first in this case, according to the report.

Officers took photos of the damaged door and confiscated the Taser and hammer for ongoing investigation.