Two women are charged with vandalism, disorderly conduct, public intoxication and resisting arrest after several downtown businesses, including Sticky Fingers and Panera, were vandalized early Thursday morning, according to Chattanooga Police reports. One of the women is also charged with assault after police report she struck an officer during her arrest.
Police reported they found the women pushing over flowerpots in the 800 block of Broad Street around 3:36 a.m. Thursday. When officers approached the women, they ran, according to the report. Police caught up to the women and handcuffed them, but one of them was able to slip her hands in front of her and struck an officer, whose arm was injured when she moved to shield herself, according to the report.
Officers found signs of vandalism and littering throughout the 400-800 block of Broad Street and Market Street, according to the report. Employees at Sticky Fingers and Panera said the restaurants had broken windows after the incident Thursday morning.