Police were called to the 400 block of Winters Street around 7 p.m. on reports of a woman damaging the inside of an apartment, according to a Dayton police incident report.
First officers on the scene found a man yelling for his cat Diamond claiming a woman, later identified as Ashley Matthews, 28, had used pepper spray on the animal.
"The cat was whining and crying loudly. It stopped in an alley way, sat back on its haunches and began wildly pawing at its face," the officer said in the report.
The officer was able find and pick up Diamond and held it "like a small child" to check on the animal.
"I immediately recognized the distinguishable odor of (pepper spray), due to repeated exposures throughout my career," the officer said.
Diamond jumped from the officer's arms and ran away, running a few feet, pawing at its eyes and hissing, the report states. The officer was not able to locate or help the cat, and it was not known if Diamond was later reunited with his owner.
Matthews was arrested and charged with Cruelty to Animals and was booked into the Montgomery County Jail.
ARREST INFORMATION:
Full Name: Ashley Joyce MatthewsGender: Female
Race: Black
Height: 5'02"
Weight: 135 lbs
Hair Color: BLACK
Eye Color: BROWN
Birthdate: 02/27/1989
Arrest Age: 28
Arrest Date: 12/17/2017
Arrest Time: 7:58 PM
Arresting Agency: DAYTON PD
Arrest Location:446 WINTERS ST, Montgomery, OH
County: Montgomery County, Ohio
Total Bond: $2500
Charge
#1 CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
BOND: $2500
NOTES: NEW ARREST
PREVIOUS ARREST:
Woman makes false call to 911
WDTN - July 12, 2014
A Dayton woman is arrested after police said she made false calls to 911.
Ashley Matthews, 25, was arrested on charges of making false alarms and drug paraphernalia.
Police were called to the 200 block of Huron Avenue around 12:40 a.m. Friday after someone called 911 and said a person had been shot.
When officers arrived, they made contact with a man and woman inside the home who were sleeping. The woman told police they didn’t call 911. She told police her son had been having problems with Matthews.
When they arrived, they found Matthews, did a pat down, and found she was carrying a crack pipe. Police then obtained permission to search Matthews’ purse and four cell phones. Police reported each phone contained numerous calls to 911.
Matthews admitted to calling 911 claiming someone had been shot on Huron Avenue to make her boyfriend mad.
Police reported in the past month, officers have responded to numerous false alarms for priority calls on North Alder Street, including another shooting, a sex offense, a stabbing, and a suicide attempt. Matthews only took responsibility for the most recent 911 call at Huron Avenue.
Matthews was booked into the Montgomery County Jail.
