MN Woman Grabbed Officer's Gun, Chipped Cop's Tooth During DWI Arrest: Charges

Crime & Safety MN Woman Grabbed Officer's Gun, Chipped Cop's Tooth During DWI Arrest: Charges Police say the driver, who has two prior DWI convictions, told an officer "it's a DUI, it's a DUI" after a crash. William Bornhoft , Patch Staff Posted Wed, Nov 11, 2026 at 1:19 pm CT DAKOTA COUNTY, MN — A 25-year-old Woodbury woman is charged with assaulting two police officers, including grabbing one officer's holstered gun, after a high-speed drunken driving stop in Inver Grove Heights on Sunday, according to charges. Anya Katerina Lynn faces two felony counts of fourth-degree assault on a peace officer and one gross misdemeanor count of second-degree DWI with aggravating factors. The criminal complaint was filed Tuesday in Dakota County District Court. The case began with a call from another driver, who told police a car with a woman behind the wheel was going 90 mph and switching lanes without signaling, the complaint says. The caller described the car and gave police its plate number. Find out what's happening in Woodbury for free with the latest updates from Patch. Subscribe By subscribing, you agree to Patch's Privacy Policy and Terms of Use . An Inver Grove Heights officer spotted the car heading west on 70th Street from Highway 52, watched it go through a roundabout from a right-turn-only lane and clocked it at 78 mph in a 50 mph zone, according to the complaint. When the officer pulled the car over, Lynn immediately started getting out and was told to stay inside. The officer noticed the airbags on the driver's side had gone off and asked whether she had crashed. Find out what's happening in Woodbury for free with the latest updates from Patch. Subscribe By subscribing, you agree to Patch's Privacy Policy and Terms of Use . "It's a DUI, it's a DUI, I crashed a little bit back there," she replied, according to the complaint. Lynn said she wasn't hurt and told the officer she "shouldn't be driving," charges say. She said she'd had a couple of beers and was dealing with a lot in her personal life. When the officer asked where the crash happened, to make sure no one else was hurt and no property was damaged, she said it was a mile or two away but wouldn't say where. Lynn told the officer she was driving back from Duluth and had stopped at a liquor store, and she said she'd "had a couple too many beers," according to the complaint. The officer smelled a strong odor of alcohol on her breath. She got out of the car but refused to do field sobriety tests and was arrested. After she was handcuffed, she asked to urinate on the side of the road, the complaint says. When the officer said no, she became combative, walking away while he tried to double-lock the cuffs, swearing and calling him names, flailing her arms and grabbing at his belt before falling onto the grass. As the officer held her wrists on the ground, Lynn dug her nails into the backs of his hands and scratched him, then repeatedly pinched his legs and inner thighs, according to charges. At one point she grabbed his holstered gun, and her hand had to be pulled off of it. She also kicked him in the back and tried to bite him. More officers arrived to help hold her down, and Lynn tried to kick and bite them too, the complaint says. The first officer was left with several cuts that broke the skin and bled. Because of the crash, Lynn was taken to a hospital for medical clearance, and police got a search warrant for a blood or urine sample. Charges say she stayed combative and rude toward both officers and hospital staff. Results of her blood draw are still pending. As two officers moved her from a hospital bed to a squad car to take her to the Dakota County Jail, Lynn kept kicking at them and struck one officer in the jaw with her knee, chipping his tooth, according to the complaint. In the squad car, she kept swearing and repeatedly kicked the partition and the door. Police found front-end damage on her car and a "shooter" of alcohol inside, the complaint says. Lynn has two prior DWI convictions from 2023: a gross misdemeanor for refusing a test in July and a misdemeanor DWI in December, according to the complaint. Both of those earlier cases also included charges of obstruction or fourth-degree assault on a peace officer. Each felony assault count carries a maximum sentence of three years in prison and a $6,000 fine. The DWI count carries up to a year in jail and a $3,000 fine. A judge ordered Lynn to stay in custody while the case moves forward, court records show. Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts. Share Join the conversation