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SANDPOINT  A Bonner County woman arrested on a host of misdemeanor charges on Thursday added a felony to the pile after allegedly gnawing through the upholstery of a sheriffs patrol vehicle while being taken to jail.

Staci Anne Spence is charged with malicious injury to property at the felony level because replacing the seat exceeded $1,000, according to court documents.

Spence is also charged with battery, battery on a law officer, driving under the influence and resisting arrest. Judge Debra Heise set Spences bail at $32,000 and appointed a public defender to represent her, court records show.

Spence, 42, was arrested Thursday morning at her north-side home after allegedly dousing a couple with pepper spray as they slept in a van parked off Grouse Creek Cutoff Road.

Spence was identified as the couples assailant and deputies went to her home to arrest her for battery. Spence greeted the deputies with profanity, racial slurs and uncooperativeness, a probable cause affidavit alleges.

While being taken into custody, she allegedly pulled away from the two deputies who were holding her arms and kicked a third deputy before being subdued. She was put in leg restraints and placed on her stomach in the back of a deputys sport utility vehicle.

Upon arriving at the Bonner County Jail, deputies discovered that Spence had chewed through the seats upholstery and into the foam cushioning, the affidavit said. Replacing the Chevrolet Tahoes seat was estimated at more than $2,000.

An allegedly combative Spence was arrested by Sandpoint Police in July for battery at the Panida Theater. A police report said Spence produced a beer after she was put in the back of the patrol vehicle and consumed it en route to the jail.