A Guelph woman is facing charges after a store employee was injured as a result of being struck by a cellphone.
Guelph Police Service were called to a downtown business on Friday.
Investigators say sometime during the noon hour, a woman was blasting music from her phone at a very loud volume. The employee asked the woman to turn it off but was allegedly met with anger and was yelled at by the woman.
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They say the woman was then asked to leave but the employee was grabbed by the shirt and was struck in the head with the phone. The injury left a large laceration that required stitches.
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Officers located the woman a short time later and made an arrest. A 42-year-old will be in a Guelph courtroom on Jan. 12.
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