A Tennessee woman has been charged with three felonies for allegedly assaulting officers who attempted to arrest her for failing to pay a $12 cab fare.

Mary Ann Babbitt, 42, was charged Wednesday with assault on a police officer, a Class C felony, exchange of bodily fluids by contact, a Class C felony, resisting arrest, a Class C felony, and theft of property, a Class B misdemeanor.

South Central District Judge Thomas Schneider set bond for Babbitt at $5,000 cash because of her lack of ties to the community, Morton County State's Attorney Allen Koppy said.

Acting Mandan Police Chief Dennis Bullinger said Taxi 9000 reported that a passenger would not pay her $12 cab fare around 1 a.m. Tuesday.

Officers said the woman was not compliant while they took the report, Bullinger said. He said the woman kicked one officer and spit in the face of another while they attempted to arrest her. The officers had to put a "spit hood"over the woman's head to avoid being spit on, he said.

The woman began hitting her head against the window of the patrol car she was placed in, and an officer said she kicked him several times in the chest when he tried to get her to stop hitting her head, Bullinger said.

Koppy said the woman was intoxicated and her name was not known until officers got her to the Morton County Correctional Center.

"At first, she was a Jane Doe," he said.

The woman identified herself as Babbitt at the jail, Koppy said.

He said Babbitt said in court Wednesday afternoon that she is living at a Bismarck hotel and came to North Dakota about a week ago from Nashville, Tenn.

(Reach reporter Jenny Michael at 250-8225 or jenny.michael@;bismarcktribune.com.)