Alcohol-Related Fight Leads To Arrest Of Warsaw Teen
Alcohol-Related Fight Leads To Arrest Of Warsaw Teen
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David Slone-dslone@timesuniononline.com
Alcohol-Related Fight Leads To Arrest Of Warsaw TeenOfficers responding to a family fight Sunday in Warsaw found themselves dealing with underage drinkers who verbally and physically assaulted them.
Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department deputy Travis Mickem responded to a fight Sunday at 920 Anchorage Road, lot 10, Warsaw, according to court documents filed Tuesday. He saw three other officers attempting to detain Javier Juarez, 18, of the Warsaw address, who was involved in the fight.
As the officers were escorting him, Juarez twisted, turned and used his knee to hit an officer. Because of Juarez’s lack of cooperation, officers had to pick him up and carry him to the police car. Kosciusko Community Hospital staff later informed Mickem that Juarez had a blood alcohol concentration of .275 percent.
A deputy tried to detain another participant, whose name and age were redacted from the court documents. She kicked the officer on the left thigh. As officers attempted to escort her, she kept twisting and turning and resisting officers. She looked at Mickem and told him to “(expletive) off” and used her body to slam Mickem against a wall twice. She was placed in the back seat of a squad car, where she kicked out a side window. KCH staff reported her blood alcohol concentration was .172 percent.
Mickem saw two girls trying to corner a third girl. He asked the third girl what was going on and she told Mickem to “(expletive) off” as she forced herself past him. While the girl was being escorted outside, she resisted by twisting and turning. She was taken outside and placed on the patio, where she yelled racial slurs and cussed at police.
Officers talked to a woman who said she was aware that all three of her children were drinking alcohol but she did not furnish it.
Juarez was booked into the Kosciusko County Jail for illegal consumption of alcohol by a minor, residential entry, battery on law enforcement, battery, resisting law enforcement and disorderly conduct – noise.
Court documents filed Tuesday list the charge of battery on a law enforcement officer as a level 6 felony; resisting law enforcement, a Class A misdemeanor; disorderly conduct, a Class B misdemeanor; and illegal possession of alcohol by a minor as a Class C misdemeanor.
Juarez’s preliminary bond for all the charges except residential entry was set at $5,000 surety and $250 cash. Court documents on the residential entry were not available this morning.
