A 33-year-old Ballina woman is facing several charges after an incident in a bottle shop last night.
Police will allege that at 6:30pm on Wednesday night the 33-year-old attended a bottle shop in River Street West Ballina.
Store security had reason to follow her around the store.
The 33-year-old then started swearing at a mother and child.
When ask to tone the language down by security the woman became more aggressive and started making racial slurs.
She smashed a bottle of alcohol on the floor and threatened to hit staff with another bottle.
She then smashed another bottle and left.
Police attended the 33-year-old’s home soon after and placed her under arrest.
She was taken to Ballina police station where she was charged with Affray, Destroy Property, Offensive Language, Offensive Behaviour and Excluded person fail to leave premises when required.
She will appear in Ballina Local Court in February


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