Police arrested a 42-year-old woman after a man accused her of assaulting him as they drove home from a restaurant Saturday night.

Maricopa Police Department responded to a home in Cobblestone Farms on a report of a domestic violence incident just after 9:30 p.m., according to a probable cause statement obtained by InMaricopa .

Officers arrived and contacted Loretta Garcia, who they noted appear “hysterical and highly intoxicated” outside. When they knocked on the door, they spoke with the alleged victim who said they had gone to a restaurant in Tempe earlier that night, where Garcia drank four or five mixed drinks.

The man told police that Garcia was upset that he would not let her drive home, and while he drove them back she punched him in the face, according to the report. He a

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