An Adair Co. nurse practitioner received medical care and was jailed following an altercation with a KSP Trooper. The incident occured in the Adair Annex last Monday, February 19, 2018.
According to the Adair County Community Voice, 51-year-old Sandra Jones of Columbia is charged with Disorderly Conduct, 2nd degree; Menacing; Resisting Arrest; and Assault, 3rd degree of a police officer. Jones was reportedly on the 2nd floor of the Adair Annex, in the public area in front of the county attorney and sheriff offices around 1:30 p.m., when the incident occurred.
According to the arrest complaint, Kentucky State Police Trooper Nick Hale states that he was there in reference to an investigation he was working on. When he entered the upstairs lobby, Jones confronted him and said she needed to talk to him. Hale states that Jones began cursing him and was upset about an investigation he is working on that involves her brother.
Hale states in the arrest complaint that Jones “balled up her fist” and cursed him so he asked her if she intended to hit him. She became angrier and belligerent, and after giving her a warning, Hale states that he told her she was under arrest. The Trooper says he grabbed her right arm in an attempt to handcuff her and she pulled away. Hale continued trying to gain compliance and he said she started swinging her hands hitting his neck, scratching the left side. Hale said he then did a leg sweep and took her to the ground.
Jones was taken to T. J. Health Columbia where she was treated for wrist and rib injuries as well as a cut to the head. When she was released from the hospital last Monday night, Jones was taken to the Adair County Regional Jail and was released Tuesday morning on bond.
