Woman fights arresting officers
A Ruston woman fought officers who attempted to arrest her after they were called to the scene of a disturbance.
Yolanda Y. Torbor, 40, was arrested on several charges after police found her in the front yard of a Jones Street residence yelling at another woman several houses away. According to an officer’s report, Jones was acting erratically and appeared to be under the influence of narcotics.
When Torbor began yelling profanity, officers attempted to arrest her, but she physically resisted. Torbor allegedly pulled away from an officer, breaking free of the officer’s grasp, and striking the officer in the head. She had to be taken to the ground to be handcuffed.
After Torbor was medically evaluated at the Northern Louisiana Medical Center, she was taken to the Lincoln Parish Detention Center and booked for disturbing the peace, battery of a police officer, and resisting an officer. Her bail amount was set at $2,500.
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