Woman arrested after assault outside restaurant

A Canton woman was arrested near the 100 block of S. Old Woodward in Birmingham the early morning of Saturday, August 29, after allegedly hitting a man outside a restaurant.

Birmingham police reported that officers were able to locate and detain the woman after she initially ran from them when they arrived. She reportedly told them that she stepped outside the restaurant with her friend, who was throwing up, when the man and alleged victim came up to offer his help. She said she started hitting him, which witnesses reportedly confirmed, but the man declined to press charges.

In the end, officers arrested the woman and sited her for disorderly conduct.