IC woman arrested for alleged assault with broom

IC woman arrested for alleged assault with broom
Hunter
4/1/19

An Iowa City woman was taken into custody after allegedly attacking her sixteen-year-old daughter with a broom.

Arrest records indicate that the woman, 36-year-old Asia Cheeks of Cayman Street, got into the argument over some headphones. The altercation ended originally when the daughter cursed her mother out and went up to her bedroom. When Cheeks followed her and asked the girl what she said and the teen repeated it, Cheeks allegedly struck the daughter with a kitchen broom twice.

The force of the blow caused the broom to bend in two spots and caused injury to the daughter’s mouth area. That’s when she allegedly went after and attacked her mother. Two other siblings pulled the daughter away from Cheeks.

Upon questioning, Cheeks admitted to the incident and striking her daughter with a broom.

She was charged with assault causing bodily injury, a serious misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in prison if convicted.