Plymouth Police were dispatched to Saint Joseph Hospital to assist with a female who was having a mental crisis Saturday afternoon, December 14th at 3:40.
During the interaction, it was determined that the female, Bridgette Blankenship, 45, from Leiters Ford was possibly under the influence of methamphetamine. Blankenship was also found to have active arrest warrants through Pulaski County.
Blankenship refused to go into the hospital with the concerned family that had brought her, but officers knew she was unstable due to the effects of drugs. While officers were attempting to take Blankenship into custody for the active arrest warrants, she attempted to resist and pull away. Officers had to restrain Blankenship against the vehicle to place her into handcuffs.
While inside the hospital, Blankenship continued to fight with officers periodically, striking them on several occasions.
When she was transported to the Marshall County Jail she continued to be combative and battered the jail staff. Blankenship was lodged for battery on law enforcement as a level 6 felony, resisting arrest as a class A misdemeanor, and the arrest warrants out of Pulaski County.
Readers are reminded that charging information supported by an affidavit of probable cause is a mere allegation that a crime has been committed and that there is only probable cause to believe a crime has been committed. They are presumed innocent throughout the proceedings and are entitled to be represented by counsel and entitled to a trial by jury at which the State is obligated to provide proof beyond a reasonable doubt before a judgment of guilt may be made.
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