Blanca Mejia-Vasquez, 26, of Springdale was arrested Friday on a Domestic Battering -2nd Degree charge.
She was booked into the Washington County Detention Center Friday afternon just before 4:30 p.m. after an arrest by the Springdale Police Department.
Mejia-Vasquez was released on a $2500 bond and faces a Rule 8.1 hearing on Monday on her charge and a trial date of April 29.
Someone commits domestic battering in the second degree against a family or household member if the person:
- causes serious physical injury while intending to cause physical injury
inflicts physical injury by use of a deadly weapon while intending to cause such injury
- recklessly causes serious physical injury by use of a deadly weapon, or
knowingly
-- causes physical injury to a household or family member that the person knows to be sixty years of age or older or twelve years of age or younger.
Domestic battering in the second degree is a Class C felony, carrying a maximum prison sentence of ten years. If the defendant knew or should have known that the victim was pregnant, or if the defendant has a prior domestic battering conviction within the previous five years, the new conviction for domestic battering in the second degree is a Class B felony.
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