Columbia woman accused of assaulting mother, charged with first-degree domestic assault
Ryan Shiner
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A Columbia woman was accused of assaulting her mother on Oct. 8 and biting a Columbia police officer.
Nicole Denvit, 31, was charged on Tuesday with first-degree domestic assault, resisting arrest and misdemeanor fourth-degree assault. She is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond.
An arraignment was held on Wednesday. A confined docket hearing is scheduled for 1 p.m. Thursday and a preliminary 9 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 25.
The probable cause statement says police were called to a Columbia residence at 9:38 a.m. Oct. 8 for a reported assault.
The officer wrote in the statement that they say blood “splattered” on the victim’s clothes, as well as a number of injuries to the victim’s face and body. Police described seeing a blood streak on the floor of the victim’s bedroom, as well as several other areas of the home where the victim claimed they were assaulted and strangled.
The victim described Denvit to police as intoxicated at 6:30 a.m. and was first verbally abusive before following the victim to her room, dragging her by her hair and striking her 30-40 times, the probable cause statement says. The victim had lost consciousness at one point during the assault, according to the statement.
Police met with Denvit at an emergency room waiting area of University Hospital.
“I did not observe any obvious physical injuries on her face or arms. I observed some scratching and bruising on Denvit’s right knuckles. I observed a scratch on Denvit’s left hand. I observed bruising on the top of Denvit’s right foot, the part consistently used to kick someone with. I observed Denvit to be highly intoxicated,” the officer wrote.
The officer told Denvit she was under arrest, and she allegedly began kicking, pushing and biting the officer, the statement says.