Domestic Battery Arrest: Woman Accused of Hitting Ex-Husband

A Palm Harbor woman was arrested and charged with domestic battery after an incident with her ex-husband, who she lives with.

Pinellas County Sheriff's Deputies were called to Melissa Dawn Blankenbeckler's home at 5:16 p.m. October 12.

An arrest affidavit says Blankenbeckler, 37, intentionally hit her ex-husband during an argument. She also grabbed him by the shirt and pulled, causing one of the buttons to fall off and scratched him on the left chest.

Blankenbeckler was booked into the Pinellas County Jail and then released on her own recognizance.

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