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11/7/21
A wanted Iowa City woman is accused of injuring a West Branch Police officer by kicking him in the face while being arrested Saturday night.
According to the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office, 24-year-old Kay’Vyonna Sanders of South Van Buren Street was being taken into custody on the shoulder of westbound Interstate 80 between the Herbert Hoover Highway and West Branch exits just after 9:15pm. Sanders…who is on probation for felony theft and identity theft convictions…was wanted for skipping drug testing appointments, testing positive for marijuana during appointments she did attend, and skipping over a dozen meetings with her probation officer.
During Saturday night’s arrest, Sanders allegedly ignored requests to put her hands behind her back, struggled with officers along the side of the Interstate, and kicked a West Branch Police officer in the face, dislodging a filling.
Sanders is charged with probation violations, as well as Assault on Persons in Certain Occupations Causing Injury. If convicted on the assault charge, she faces a maximum of two years in prison.