A PUNXSUTAWNEY WOMAN IS FACING ASSAULT CHARGES AFTER ALLEGEDLY KICKING AN OFFICER. POLICE SAY IT HAPPENED AT THE PUNXSUTAWNEY AREA HOSPITAL ER LAST WEDNESDAY WHEN 59-YEAR-OLD RAYETTE JAMES REPORTEDLY STRUCK OFFICERS AFTER SHE WAS BEING TRANSPORTED AFTER HER ARREST FOR PUBLIC DRUNKENNESS. SHES BEHIND BARS IN THE JEFFERSON COUNTY JAIL ON FELONY ASSAULT CHARGES.














