Police say the Iowa City woman damaged her home and punched her boyfriend after he turned her down for sex.
According to criminal complaints, Melissa Barbara Minarsich, 28, was accused of second-offense domestic abuse assault, an aggravated misdemeanor, for punching her boyfriend, with whom she has an 8-year-old child. Minarsich was convicted of domestic abuse in 2009 as well
Police say they arrived at 10:24 p.m. at 131 Taft Speedway for a report of a woman that was out of control. Officers say they met the caller, Minarsich's boyfriend, at the scene, and he told them that she had damaged the outside of the house and hit him several times after he refused to have sex with her. He told police that despite being hit he was not injured.
Officers say then they spoke to Minarsich who was still at the scene, and that she appeared intoxicated, strongly smelling of alcohol and having slurred speech. Police say Minarsich conceded that she had been in a fight with her boyfriend due to his refusal of sex.
"All I want is a piece of (expletive), is that too much to ask for?" she told police, according to the complaint.
As of Tuesday morning, Minarsich was being held in the Johnson County Jail on $5,000 bail.
