Woman arrested in beer-bottle casino attack

A woman was arrested at Parx Casino in Bensalem this month for smashing a beer bottle over the head of a fellow slots player who blew cigarette smoke in her face, according to police records.

Dana Sarne, 30, of Morrisville, asked Paula White to extinguish her cigarette while the two were playing slots March 4, records say. Sarne said the smoke was irritating her asthma. According to the records, the two were in the casino's smoking section.

White would not put out the cigarette, records say, and then blew smoke in Sarne's face. Sarne responded by hitting White several times in the face, then smashing a beer bottle over her head, according to records. Sarne was being held on $25,000 bail on charges including aggravated and simple assault.

- Chris Palmer