April 23, 2020
By: Dwayne Page
A woman being placed in custody for public intoxication kicked a deputy in the chest during the arrest.
33 year old Tamara Michelle Waddell of Lascassas is charged with public intoxication, assault, and resisting stop, frisk, halt, or arrest. Her bond is $3,000 and she will be in court June 11.
Sheriff Patrick Ray said that on April 6 a deputy was dispatched to Roy Womack Road due to a possible domestic incident. Waddell was found outside in the roadway extremely intoxicated. She became belligerent and started yelling and cussing. After several attempts to get her to calm down, the deputy placed her under arrest for public intoxication. As Waddell was seated in the back of the patrol car, she was able to get her cuffed hands from behind her back in front of her. When the officer spotted that he tried to get her out of the car to reapply the handcuffs behind her back but Waddell resisted and kicked the officer in the chest after leaning over in the seat. Waddell was subsequently subdued. The deputy was not seriously injured.