UPDATE: Woman Arrested and Charged in Assault on Autistic Man

(VOCM News)

The RNC has arrested a 34-year-old woman in connection with a number of assaults in the capital city.

Police were called after a young man was assaulted on Water Street over the lunch hour by a woman he did not know.

Darren Halloran of Always in Vogue says the victim was an autistic employee who was left bloodied with broken glasses after the incident.

RNC conducted a search of the area but were unable to locate the woman who was identified as Alyssa Spurrell.

She was found on Lime Street by patrol officers around 5:30 yesterday. She ran from police and allegedly assaulted a passerby.

Spurrell was arrested and held to appear in court on two counts of assault and two counts of failure to comply with a release order.