Woman in trouble trying to help

An intoxicated Miami University student got into more trouble than the boyfriend she tried to help escape from police on a minor charge of disorderly conduct.

Police were called to an Uptown bar on a report of a disturbance at 2:25 a.m. Feb. 9 and prepared to cite a man for disorderly conduct. One officer was placing him in the back seat of a cruiser while writing the citation but a female college student blocked them from the cruiser. Another officer intervened and the woman stepped aside so the male could be placed in the cruiser.

While the first officer was writing the citation, the woman opened the cruiser door to let the man out and the second officer intervened again. A struggle ensued and the female had to be taken to the ground, but struggled when several officers attempted to handcuff her.

Lying on her back, she kicked at the officers, landing one kick to the chest of one of the officers. That kick brought a felony charge of assault against the woman, who was also charged with misdemeanor counts of obstructing official business and resisting arrest.

The police statement noted that she was taken to the police station where she told officers she remembered opening the cruiser door but nothing else.

Man charged in assault with car

An Oxford resident was charged with striking another man with his car, breaking the side mirror off the vehicle in an alley off of East Walnut Street.

The man was seen pushing his girlfriend to the ground during an argument Feb. 7 shortly before 11:30 p.m. Several men nearby approached him and said it was no way to treat a woman but he walked away. She refused their help and also walked away, getting in the man’s car. He drove away quickly after driving near them and exchanging words with them. He drove over a railroad tie and a yard when leaving.

He returned about 10 minutes later and approached the group standing in the alley, swerving his car in an attempt to strike them, hitting one with the side mirror, which broke off. He left again and police were called. Police tracked the driver to the girlfriend’s apartment, where they found him sleeping in the car with the engine running. Officers were unable to rouse him and opened the door and got him out, transported him to the police station and questioned him about the incident.

The man said they had been to an Uptown bar and he was confronted by a group of men when he tried to enter a room where a private party was being held. He and his girlfriend left there and he said he thought they were followed. He said he thought the men in the alley were part of that group.

The girlfriend was brought to the station to tell her story and she said she exaggerated her fall when he had pushed her because she was angry at him. She also said he had taken her home but she did not know about him returning to the scene because she had gone to sleep within minutes.

The man driving the car was charged with a felony count of felonious assault and two misdemeanor counts of criminal mischief and operating a vehicle intoxicated.

Burglary charge filed against student

A Miami University student was charged with a felony count of burglary Feb. 8 after police were called to his former residence where he was attempting to gain entrance to that apartment.

Police were called to the Brown Road apartment at 3:06 p.m. on a report of a man causing a disturbance. They found him standing outside the apartment shouting at those inside about this being no way to treat a friend. He told officers he had moved out of the apartment last semester and only wanted to visit with his friends. At one point in the questioning, he told officers, “I’m not on anything,” but the report noted they had not asked him about being on anything.

The current residents told officers the man was evicted early this semester because of his behavior. On the day in question, they said he entered the apartment uninvited and began knocking on bedroom doors. The burglary charge was the result of entering the apartment without permission.

The residents said the man has a problem with prescription pills. He was taken to the Butler County Jail and booked.