A news reporter was arrested Wednesday evening after Fresno police said officers interrupted a physical altercation in which she allegedly struck her daughter with a belt and squeezed her throat.

Lasherica Thornton was booked into the Fresno County Jail following the incident. EdSource, a non-profit journalism and data-analysis organization focused on education in California, confirmed to GV Wire that Thornton is employed by the organization as a reporter.

According to jail records, she was booked on a charge of inflicting corporal injury on a cohabitant, and her bail was set at $300,000.

Officers responded to a disturbance at an undisclosed location about 6:33 p.m. Police said they entered a bedroom and found Thornton on top of her daughter, with both grabbing each other.

Officers pulled Thornton away and attempted to handcuff her, police said. Thornton refused to put her hands behind her back, said she had been attacked, and tensed her arms to prevent officers from handcuffing her, according to police.

Police said the confrontation began because Thornton was upset that her daughter had not done the dishes. During an argument in the daughter’s bedroom, Thornton allegedly swung a black belt and struck her across the face.

Her daughter rushed toward Thornton to avoid being struck again, and the two wrestled around the bedroom, police said.

Thornton allegedly pinned her daughter against a wall, wrapped both hands around her throat, and squeezed for several seconds. Her daughter did not lose consciousness, according to police.

The daughter then wrestled Thornton to the floor, but Thornton got on top of her, police said. The daughter was unable to push Thornton off until officers arrived.

The information provided by police did not specify the daughter’s age.