A Portland, Maine, police officer, the first Somali police officer in the state, is now on paid leave after she was arrested during the Ja Rule and Ashanti concert at Worcester's Palladium over the weekend.

Zahra Munye Abu, 24, of Portland, is facing five charges, including assault and battery, after she was arrested Saturday night during the concert, according to records on file in Worcester Central District Court.

Worcester police say in court records that Abu physically assaulted people at the club then grabbed the head of security at the concert asking him, "Who the (expletive) are you?"

Abu was asked by security, the Palladium general manager and Worcester police to leave the concert several times. She was told by the Palladium manager that her "aggressive behavior" was not welcome at the venue.

"Ms. Abu refused to leave and even pushed her friend off of her who was pleading with her to leave," police wrote in court records.

Officers continued to warn Abu about her behavior and said she was under arrest. Police say she pulled away from the officers while they tried to place her in handcuffs.

While outside and waiting to be placed on the police wagon, Abu allegedly told a patron police were racial profiling, reports said.

Abu swore at police, questioned their training and continued a "profanity-laced" tirade at Palladium staff, police said.

She will be arraigned on Jan. 25 on the assault charge along with trespassing, resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and disturbing the peace charges.

Portland Police Chief Michael Sauschuck told the Portland Press Herald that Abu is now on paid administrative leave.

The newspaper reports she is the first Somali immigrant to become a police officer in Maine. She was born in a Kenyan refugee camp, according to the newspaper.