Family Members Arrested For Assault

Police say two family members assaulted another during a disturbance Saturday afternoon in Dubuque. 52 year old Valencia Johnson and 26 year old Jasmine Cotton, both of Dubuque, were arrested Saturday at their residence. Johnson was arrested on charges of domestic assault with strangulation and domestic assault. Cotton was arrested on a charge of domestic assault with injury. A report says the pair assaulted 28 year old Joseph Cotton Jr.,  when he arrived to remove some of his property from the residence. Johnson is the mother of siblings Joseph and Jasmine Cotton. Joseph Cotton told authorities that he was moving out of the residence when a verbal argument with his mother and sister became physical. Reports indicate that Johnson swung a broom at Joseph Cotton before choking him and Jasmine Cotton punched him.