Busy Sunday for OPD
Published 12:00 am Tuesday, July 26, 2016
The Opp Police Department had a busy Sunday.
Around 1:06 Sunday morning, the OPD responded to an apartment on Cannon Drive in reference to a disorderly person.
Upon arrival, officers observed the action of a 44-year-old female resident of Opp.
Stephanie Williams, 44, was arrested for public intoxication.
Just a little more than an hour later, OPD made a traffic stop on a Toyota Corolla on Perry Store Road for failure to display a license plate.
As the officer approached the vehicle, he observed smoking coming out of the vehicle from an open window.
The officer smelled burned marijuana and located some.
A 19-year-old female was arrested for possession of marijuana second degree and possession of drug paraphernalia.
The name of the female has not been released.
At 9:45 p.m., OPD units were called to the Hardage Circle in response to a large crowd and people fighting.
Units arrived on the scene and the crowd dispersed.
At 10:10 p.m., OPD was called to a domestic disturbance at Lakeview Village on Cool Springs Road. Upon arrival, officers determined that a 45-year-old male resident had cut himself with a knife and punched a vehicle windshield busting the windshield with his fist.
The individual refused to comply with the officers’ instructions and charged at officers.
Officers deployed a taser and secured the individual.
He was taken to Mizell Memorial Hospital for evaluation.