Woman faces assault charge for incident at Boardman restaurant

Staff report

BOARDMAN

A New Middletown woman faces an assault charge after police said she attacked someone at a township restaurant.

Samantha Frye, 23, of Carousel Woods Drive surrendered to township police on a misdemeanor assault warrant Thursday, according to a police report.

The charge stems from an incident reported Dec. 31 at the Blue Wolf Tavern on U.S. Route 224.

When asked by a police officer at the scene about a report he had received she assaulted someone, Frye reportedly admitted she punched a woman at the bar because she recognized her as an acquaintance who “had relations with two of her [Frye’s] ex-boyfriends.”

Frye reportedly told police she “only punched her [the victim] one time because she’s a bodybuilder, and one time is all it took to knock her out.”

But, she also admitted “to punching [the victim] several times and [told] us that we would do the same thing if we had the same circumstances happen to us,” police reported.

Frye also was cited for disorderly conduct while intoxicated.

She appeared in Mahoning County Area Court for arraignment Thursday, where she entered a plea of not guilty. A judge ordered her not to have contact with the alleged victim, according to court records.

Frye is scheduled to be back in court Feb. 21.