Woman stunned in Warren last year charged with Austintown assault

AUSTINTOWN — The Howland woman who made national headlines when she was Tasered by a Warren police officer has been arrested for assault and disorderly conduct while intoxicated here.

Heidi Gill, 39, entered Denny’s restaurant on Mahoning Avenue around 3 a.m. Tuesday and, without provocation, began slapping, punching and pulling out the hair of an 18-year-old Austintown teenage girl, according to police reports.

Police said the teen had been waiting to pay at the front register with two of her friends, when Gill walked into the restaurant. They heard her tell another woman, “I’m gonna slap someone.”

The teenager turned around and Gill slapped and punched her. After employees separated the two, Austintown police were called.

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