NEW ULM — A 30-year-old homeless woman accused of assaulting police and New Ulm Medical Center emergency personnel Sept. 5 and 6, 2020, was arrested on a warrant involving two complaints Oct. 4.

Bail was set at $50,000 without conditions or $20,000 with conditions Monday in Brown County District Court for Tiffany J. Olson. A court appearance was set for 8:30 a.m., Oct. 19.

She faces five charges including felony assault, two or more previous qualified domestic violence-related offenses; fourth-degree assault of hospital emergency personnel; gross misdemeanor fourth-degree assault of a peace officer, obstructing legal process and misdemeanor obstructing legal process.

According to court documents, New Ulm Police were called by a Pizza Ranch employee about suspicious activity at 8:11 p.m., Sept. 5, 2020. The caller said a woman came into the restaurant with a large amount of cash and was acting strange.

After the woman left, the employee noticed the woman changed clothing in the restroom. Pizza Ranch staff found designer brand clothing the woman left in the trash. The woman was seen walking south on Broadway.

A short time later, Brown County dispatch received a complaint of a woman walking near the Highway 14/15 intersection who was nearly hit by a vehicle.

Police responded and found the woman about 1/4 mile east of the Highway 14/15 roundabout. Police immediately recognized the woman as Olson from a noise complaint the previous night.

Olson admitted being in Pizza Ranch and said she has an eating disorder and went there to binge and purge and she was trying to walk to Burnsville. In addition, the woman said she is homeless and wanted to continue to walk to burn calories.

Police offered the woman a ride to Mankato where she could stay at a homeless shelter and have access to more resources. The woman refused a ride and any resources.

Police decided to transport the woman to the New Ulm Medical Center but she resisted attempts to get her in the squad car, scratching officer’s hands when they tried to handcuff her.

The woman kicked an officer before she was escorted to the ground, placed in a hobble strap and transported to New Ulm Medical Center.

At 9:19 a.m. the next day, police were dispatched to New Ulm Medical Center for an assault of an emergency room nurse by a patient, identified as Olson. A doctor described her as being up and down. She was seen via Telehealth for a mental health evaluation. It was determined she would be held in the hospital.

In an attempt to evaluate Olson after medications calmed her down, Olson tried to hit a nurse, missed, then scratched the nurses’ cheek, causing swelling below her eye. The nurse took control of Olson and a hospital security officer arrived to assist.

Olson was previously convicted of qualified domestic-violence offenses in Scott County, including felony fifth-degree assault Aug. 21, 2020; fourth-degree assault of a correctional employee Aug. 21, 2020; gross misdemeanor fifth-degree assault April 7, 2020; two counts of gross misdemeanor domestic assault Sept. 9, 2019; and misdemeanor fifth-degree assault Sept. 28, 2015.

Fritz Busch can be emailed at fbusch@nujournal.com.