HAMPTON — Jessica A. Reynolds, a Hampton cop has been
charged with assaulting her mother in an altercation during a car ride late
last month. . Reynolds, 26, faces a
misdemeanor count of assault and battery in the June 23 incident, according to
court documents. Ramsey told police that
just before 6 p.m. that Sunday, she was driving in a car with her daughter in
the area of Semple Farm Road and Middle Road when a verbal altercation took
place."During this verbal altercation, (Ramsey) advises that her daughter
threw a container of cupcakes at her and began to hit and kick her,"
according to a Hampton police detective's statement, based on the mother's
complaint.
Ramsey told police she had to "hold her daughter by her
throat to restrain her," according to the affidavit by Det. Danielle
Hodges. The mother, Hodges wrote, had "visible injuries to her face, mouth,
arm and thumb."