Police: Woman kicks officer in groin following fight on State Street

Brandon Arbuckle by Brandon Arbuckle

Dane County Sheriff's Office

A woman kicked an officer in the groin following a large fight on State Street early Sunday morning.

According to a blog post from Madison police Chief Mike Koval, officials were dispatched to the 500 block of State Street at 2:01 a.m. after reports of a disturbance at which pepper spray was used to stop two women who were fighting. Both had ignored orders to stop hitting the other.

The incident report said officers found the women on the sidewalk yelling, pulling each other’s hair and exchanging punches.

Officials said members of Madison police’s mounted patrol arrived to help break up the crowd that surrounded the two, as they were shouting profanities and making threats to officials.

Authorities said Sherrie L. Moore, 25, of Madison, was arrested for disorderly conduct and refused to put her feet into the arrest van. When an officer tried to get her feet into the van, the woman kicked him in the groin. A charge of battery to a police officer was then added.

Police said Antanisha R. Branch, 22, of Madison, was also part of the State Street fight and was arrested for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.

Moore and Branch were later taken to jail.

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