Woman accused of hitting boyfriend as he drove

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Sydney Powell was arrested Jan. 13 after she allegedly hit her boyfriend in the face twice while he was driving south on John Wayne Parkway.

According to a Maricopa Police probable cause statement, a witness reported a man and a woman fighting inside a Buick two-door coupe and provided police with an Arizona license plate number about 2 p.m. on Sunday.

A vehicle matching the description was seen by an officer in the parking lot of Circle K on John Wayne Parkway. The officer pulled into the parking lot and was assisted by an Ak-Chin Police officer.

The Ak-Chin officer interviewed Powell and told the Maricopa officer Powell struck the man “twice in the face because she was upset that a female was calling him,” the probable cause statement reports.

She told the MPD officer she was sitting in the passenger seat and noticed a female was texting her boyfriend on his cell phone.

Later the MPD officer spoke with the man and he said he “started driving to the barbershop and an unknown female contacted him via telephone,” police reports state.

He said his girlfriend became angry when she observed that another woman was trying to contact him “and started hitting him open and closed handed,” according to the report. He said during the altercation, a soda was spilled in the vehicle and he pulled into Circle K to clean it up.

The officer noted two scratch marks on his face during the interview.

Powell was arrested at the scene and booked into the Pinal County Jail.