Bingham Lake Woman Accused of Hitting Woman in Windom Apartment

A Bingham Lake woman is accused of forcing her way into an apartment in Windom, breaking a vase and hitting a woman in the head, according to the complaint.

The offense is alleged to have occurred Nov. 3, according to the complaint. The complaint lists three counts: first-degree burglary involving an assault on a person, a felony with a maximum sentence of 20 years and/or $35,000 and a mandatory minimum of six months in prison; fifth-degree assault, a misdemeanor; and fourth-degree property damage, a misdemeanor. Each misdemeanor carries a maximum of 90 days in jail and/or $1,000.

Monique Mariea Moore, 54, is charged in a complaint filed Nov. 5 in Cottonwood County District Court.

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According to the complaint, a Windom police officer was dispatched to an apartment complex in Windom at 5:36 p.m. on Nov. 3 on a report of three people fighting. The officer saw a woman, later identified as Moore, going inside the main apartment entrance. Moore said she had been bitten and showed a bleeding thumb. The officer noted Moore was crying and appeared to be intoxicated. She talked erratically about her dog and said the person who bit her lived a few doors down.

Officers went to another apartment and spoke with a woman and a second woman, both of whom appeared very distraught. Officers saw a broken vase on the ground. The first woman told officers she was coming into the main entrance when Moore began yelling at her because she would not tell Moore’s dog that she loved the dog. She said Moore continued to yell at both women and acted aggressively toward them.

The woman told officers Moore followed them to the second woman’s apartment, though Moore lived in a different apartment. As they closed the door, Moore forced her way in. After Moore entered, she began grabbing items and throwing them across the room and broke a vase on the ground. The woman said Moore began hitting her all over the head and would not leave.

The woman said she bit Moore’s thumb to defend herself. Two other people came over and pulled Moore off her. An officer saw marks on the side of the woman’s face and saw that her glasses were broken.

The complaint says Moore denied assaulting the woman. She was arrested and an ambulance was called for transport. Moore yelled and swore at ambulance staff and officers, according to the complaint.