Woman Charged for Vandalizing Holding Cell

NEWPORT, RI—A woman charged with larceny by Newport police allegedly created a biohazard in a female holding cell on Sunday by smearing blood on the walls after she learned she was being transported to jail as a bail violator, according to a police report.

Bryonna Parrillo, 23, of no permanent address, was charged with vandalism for the blood smearing, police said. She also was charged with simple assault for kicking an officer in the groin at the police station.

Parrillo was arrested earlier on a larceny charge. Police said Parrillo, during her arraignment, became unruly after she learned she was going to the Adult Correctional Institutions in Cranston as a bail violator for a prior charge. She reportedly said that she would refuse to go to the ACI.

Later, once back in her cell at police headquarters, police said she flooded the cell and smeared her blood "all over the walls and window."

Police said she was not injured and the source of the blood was "from having her monthly period."

Police said Parrillo eventually agreed to go to the ACI and was transported without incident.

She is due to return to court on Monday for arraignment on the new charges of vandalism and simple assault.