A Salem woman was in the Trumbull County Jail on Friday, accused of assaulting an employee at a behavioral health facility in Liberty Township.

Girard Municipal court issued an arrest warrant for 32-year-old Kirsten Kuhns, who is charged with felonious assault.

The alleged victim is a 52-year-old man who was working in the Adult Diagnosis Unit of Generations Behavioral Health on Colonial Drive on Tuesday.

The employee old police that Kuhns was upset about being committed to the facility and swept his leg, stomping on his knee, breaking the bone.

The worker was taken to Mercy Hospital for surgery.

Kuhns awaits arraignment before a judge.