Woman wanted for aggravated battery arrested
Published 10:54 am Thursday, November 6, 2014
RESERVE — A LaPlace woman was arrested Thursday after deputies said she cut a woman in the early morning hours Nov. 1 in Reserve.
A St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office deputy met with a 23-year-old Reserve woman at 2:30 a.m. Nov. 1 at the Ochsner Health Center in LaPlace after medical staff treated her for cuts to her face, including on her forehead and below her left eye.
The women told the deputy she was the victim of an aggravated battery at Club Dreams on River Road in Reserve.
According to authorities, the victim said LaPlace resident Veronica Jarrow, 34, cut her with a knife during an argument and fled the scene.
The deputy obtained an arrest warrant for Jarrow for aggravated battery by cutting after several witnesses corroborated the victim’s statement.
Authorities said Jarrow was arrested without incident at 11:44 a.m. Thursday.