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Unruly at the ER — Steven Joseph Smith, 41, was charged with public intoxication, disorderly conduct, and resisting arrest during a January 12 incident at Baptist Memorial Hospital’s Emergency Room.
According to the report by Officer Labe Ezell, he and Lt. Angie Barker responded to the ER in order to assist with a combative patient. After assisting ER staff with that patient, officers were asked to help with another combative patient (Smith), who was refusing to sign paperwork, yelling obscenities, and claiming that he was suffering from multiple gunshot wounds to the head. Smith also said he had smoked methamphetamine that morning. At one point, Smith tried to leave the room and became combative with officers when they tried to detain him, kicking Ezell in the leg several times. Ezell finally used a taser device to subdue Smith, who was then taken into custody and transported to the Carroll County Jail.
License, Noise Violations —