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Police: Woman 'Repeatedly' Punched Woman in the Face

The incident occurred on the 200 block of Bridge Street.

A 22-year-old Phoenixville woman was arrested on Bridge Street earlier this month after she allegedly punched another woman in the face, the Daily Local News is reporting.

According to the paper, Christina Marie Bennett stands charged with simple assault, harassment, several counts of disorderly conduct, and public drunkenness stemming from the July 7 incident.

Bennett, who police say was profoundly intoxicated at the time, was in a car on the 200 block of Bridge Street at 12:30 a.m. when she became engaged in a profane shouting match with a passerby. The argument escalate until Bennett got out of her vehicle and proceeding to punch her interlocutor in the face repeatedly; breaking her tooth in the process.

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Bennett was subsequently arrested by a Phoenixville bike cop.

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