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Seattle woman arrested for throwing cat poop and frozen chicken at cancer fundraiser runners

The items were thrown during the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure fundraiser.

By Evan Bleier
Runners begin the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure in St. Louis, the largest Koman Race in the United States with over 64 thousand people participating in 2011, raising $2.3 million. UPI/Bill Greenblatt
Runners begin the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure in St. Louis, the largest Koman Race in the United States with over 64 thousand people participating in 2011, raising $2.3 million. UPI/Bill Greenblatt | License Photo

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SEATTLE, June 3 (UPI) -- A Seattle woman apparently upset about being woken up by runners raising money for cancer expressed her frustration by tossing garbage at them from her fifth-floor apartment.

The woman threw items including a frozen chicken breast, cans and a trash bag containing 5 to 10 pounds of kitty litter at people who were participating in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure on Sunday morning.

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The unidentified woman also threw a green "superfood" drink that hit a man in his 60s. A 13-year-old girl was struck by the frozen chicken breast and left with a welt, according to the Seattle Police Department.

When police went to the woman's apartment, she said she'd "worked a long shift and was angry that the runners had woken her from her slumber."

She was arrested and booked for assault and a misdemeanor trespassing warrant.

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