Staff reports 1:40 p.m.
Friday, June 22, 2018 1:40 pm
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ROCHESTER - Police say a Rochester woman arrested on Thursday faces charges that she spit on a Frisbie Memorial Hospital employee while being tended to in the hospital's emergency room last month.
Samantha Engelking, 35, of 123 North Main St., Apt. #A, had active warrants out on her for the May 23 incident, but wasn't spotted by police until an officer saw her walking along North Main Street around 2:50 p.m. on Thursday.
After losing sight of her for a moment, the officer spotted her again in the passenger seat of a car. Following a traffic stop she was taken into custody.
Engelking is charged with simple assault, a Class B misdemeanor, for allegedly spitting at the Frisbie employee; and two counts of vandalism for damage done at the hospital, Rochester Police Capt. Jason Thomas said today.
Bail was initially set at $2,500 pending her arraignment at Rochester District Court.