Bride accused of assaulting groom before wedding

Bride accused of assaulting groom before wedding

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Story Published: Aug 15, 2008 at 9:59 AM PDT

Story Updated: Nov 21, 2008 at 12:41 AM PDT

By Associated Press and Kitsap Sun

POULSBO - A 31-year-old Poulsbo woman was jailed after being accused of beating up her fiancé at a party the night before their wedding.

The assault took place early Thursday after the bride-to-be's 12-year-old son informed her that he had just witnessed the man kiss one of his mom's female friends at the party, according to Kitsap County sheriff's deputies.

The boy confronted the man, but the man denied it.

The boy then told his mom, who according to reports had been drinking, and she kicked her friends out of the house.

She also told her fiancé to leave, but then started hitting him in the face, according to police.

The man attempted to leave, but the woman followed him outside and tackled him "football-style," and kept punching the man in the face with an open and closed fist.

Deputies came to the scene after receiving a 911 call from the son.

When deputies questioned the woman, she admitted to assaulting the man, as well as throwing his watch in the bushes and breaking his glasses.

The woman, identified as Amber Barnes, 31, was arrested and booked into jail for investigation of fourth-degree assault.

The boy was taken to a family friend's house for the night. The man told deputies, "I refuse to hit a female."

Said the woman: "I hit him and it's my fault but I am so broken-hearted."

Sheriff's Lt. Kathy Collings says Barnes was released from jail later Thursday.

The two were to have been married at 6 p.m. Thursday, according to the report. There's no word on whether the marriage actually took place.

The Kitsap Sun, a media partner of KOMO News, contributed to this report. To read the complete Kitsap Sun story with comments, click here.

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