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Police: Sister struck with toilet tank lid

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IOWA CITY, Iowa, March 15 (UPI) -- Iowa police said a woman was charged with assault for allegedly striking her sister with a toilet tank lid during an argument.

Investigators said Nitasha Camilla Johnson, 20, of Iowa City, had been living with her sister and brother-in-law for about two months before the early Sunday incident, the Iowa City Press-Citizen reported Monday.

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The homeowners told police Johnson took the lid off a toilet tank during an argument with his sister and used it as a weapon against the other woman.

The sister was bleeding from her foot and had an injury to one of her fingers when officers arrived, police said.

Johnson was arrested at about 3:57 a.m. and charged with domestic abuse assault without causing injury and interference with official acts. She was taken to the Johnson County Jail in lieu of $1,500 bond.

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