Woman arrested after fight at housing authority

Dennisha Hicks was arrested last week for violating a restraining order keeping her from Howard Davis. That arrest was not enough to keep her away, however.

Howard and Whitley Edwards were driving to the Bloomington Housing Authority on North Summit Street when Davis began following in a car, Lt. Bill Parker of the Bloomington Police Department said. When the three reached the building, they exited their vehicles, and Hicks allegedly attacked.

Several witnesses intervened, pulling Hicks off Davis, Parker said. They pinned her down, and one witness called police.

When Hicks heard the sirens, witnesses said she suddenly broke away from the people keeping her on the ground, Parker said. She fled to her van, brushing against but not injuring two people with the vehicle as she drove away.

Police found Hicks on West 13th Street. She was arrested for simple battery for attacking Edwards, domestic battery of Davis, criminal recklessness, intimidation, invasion of privacy and driving while suspended.

- Mary Kenney